Appeal No. 1998-1289
Application 07/906,492
claim 31 is completely devoid of factual support.
Bache discloses a method of friction welding a wheel
rim 10 to a disc 11 wherein these components are
accurately positioned with respect to one another in a
friction welding apparatus.
The Italian reference discloses a wheel (see Figure
1) composed of a disc in the form of a wheel plate 1 and
a rim in the form of a contoured ring 2, the wheel plate
including an outboard tire retaining flange defined by
shoulder 1a.
In proposing to combine Adams, Bache and the Italian
reference (see page 4 in the final rejection), the
examiner
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