Appeal No. 1998-1418
Application 08/313,249
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on appeal from the examiner’s
refusal to allow claims 28, 29, 31 through 33, 38 through 40
and 46 as finally rejected, and claims 1, 4, 8, 10, 11, 13
through 15 and 20 through 22 as amended subsequent to the final
rejection in a paper filed October 18, 1996 (Paper No. 15).
Claims 35 and 41 through 44 stand allowed. Claims 2, 5, 12,
16, 18, 19, 30, 34, 36 and 37 and have been objected to by the
examiner. Claims 6, 7, 9, 17 and 23 through 27 stand withdrawn
from consideration as being directed to non-elected inventions.
Claims 3 and 45 have been canceled.
Appellants’ invention relates to an ultrasonic atomizer
(Figs. 1 and 2) comprising an ultrasonic pump 12 having a pump
shaft 21 with a bore therethrough. A lower end of the pump
shaft 21B is placed 2-3 mm from the side 65 or bottom 64 of the
liquid vessel 16, an upper part of the pump shaft 21A has a mesh
plate 14 placed thereon, and an ultrasonic vibrator 23 is mounted
substantially at a midpoint of the pump shaft. A resilient
biasing member 42 biases the mesh plate 14 toward the upper end
face of the pump shaft, wherein the mesh plate 14 intermittently
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