Appeal No. 1998-1912
Application No. 08/780,744
appellants and the examiner regarding the merits of these
rejections.
The § 102 Rejection
Knudsen discloses a method and apparatus for producing
foil inserts for sealing the rims of containers such as jars,
bottles and tubs. At a first station (see Figures 10 and
11(a)), a set of punches 64 moves horizontally relative to a
die plate 54 to simultaneously cut a set of three side-by-side
inserts 14 from a sheet S of foil material. The punches 64
with the severed inserts 14 move horizontally to the right (as
seen in Figures 11(b) to 11(e)) to a station where the set of
inserts are transferred into respective lids of a set of three
container lids C carried side-by-side within pockets 32 of a
holder 24 of an indexable table 22. During transfer of the
inserts to the lids, tabs 16 initially situated in the plane
of the inserts are folded over 180E (see Figures 1 and 11(a)
to 11(e)) to a position where they lie next to the main bodies
of respective lids. This is accomplished primarily by folding
arms 156 and cooperating elements 176, the movements of which
can be discerned upon inspection of Figures 11(a) to 11(f).
Upon transfer of the inserts to the lids C, punches 64 return
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