Appeal No. 1998-2927 Page 7
Application No. 07/584,667
against said projecting part, said reservoir being
mounted with said moistening member carried thereby
transversely below the path and extending over
substantially the entire width of the path and said
reservoir including a series of partitions dividing said
reservoir across the width of the path into independent
compartments, with said compartments individually
supplying water to said moistening member.
The appellants explain that the embodiment shown in
Figures 1-4 of Prentis has two compartments which are in
communication with each other via a slot b in the central
partition. The appellants then argue that the limitation of
"independent compartments" recited in claim 1 is not met by
the embodiment shown in Figures 1-4 of Prentis. We do not 3
agree for the reasons that follow.
Prentis teaches (column 1, fifth paragraph) that cup A
(i.e., reservoir) is divided into two "distinct" compartments
by a central partition a which is provided with a slot b to
accommodate a sponge-shaft B. Prentis further teaches (column
3The argument presented by the appellants concerning the
unshown embodiment of Prentis (referred to in column 2, sixth
paragraph) is of no moment in this appeal since we will rely
solely on the embodiment shown in Figures 1-4 of Prentis in
deciding the issues raised in this appeal.
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