Appeal No. 1999-0944
Application No. 08/890,252
By way of background, this reissue application is related
to appellants’ copending reissue application SN 08/890,263.
An appeal from the examiner’s final rejection in the related
‘263 reissue application is decided concurrently herewith.
Appellants’ invention pertains to an apparatus for
fabricating a helicopter main rotor blade. Appealed claim 1
is representative of the appealed subject matter and reads as
follows:1
1. A sheath spreading/insertion apparatus for
spreading a leading-edge sheath and for inserting
the spread-apart leading-edge sheath in combination
with a blade subassembly, comprising:
a [movable] stanchion;
a[n upper] first elongate carriage member
mounted in movable combination with said [movable]
stanchion;
a plurality of suction cups mounted in
combination with said [upper] first elongate
carriage member;
a [lower] second elongate carriage member
mounted in movable combination with said [movable]
stanchion;
a plurality of suction cups mounted in
1Reissue claim 1 is presented in the form prescribed by 37 CFR § 1.173,
namely, with matter to be omitted by reissue enclosed in square brackets and
with additions made by reissue underlined.
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