Appeal No. 1998-1825
Application No. 08/658,014
rotation to compensate for changes in downstream web tension"
(answer, pg. 4). The examiner also states that "both Huck and
Asar are concerned with controlling the rate of rotation of a
supply reel in response to tension variation" (answer, pg. 8).
We do not agree with the examiner's position.
In the first place, we note that neither Huck nor Asar is
directed to an apparatus for producing packaging material
having teartape adhered thereto, wherein the teartape is an
oriented plastic material base film coated with a pressure
sensitive adhesive composition, and wherein the apparatus
comprises a means for moving the packaging material, and a
dispenser for applying the teartape at a controlled tension to
a location where the teartape is adhered to the moving
packaging material. Moreover, we observe that neither Huck
nor Asar discloses a brake means for reducing the speed of
rotation of a supply reel in dependence on reduction in
tension of a teartape (emphasis ours). The apparatus of Huck
does not disclose or require a brake since the belt (66)
controls the rate at which the web is unwound from the supply
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