Appeal No. 1999-1169
Application No. 08/442,441
THE INVENTION
The subject matter on appeal relates to a grinding wheel
for finishing articles such as brake rotors, power steering
pump rings and rotors, valve plates and the like. Claim 56 is
illustrative and reads as follows:
56. A grinding wheel; comprising:
(a) disk-like base means for mounting the
grinding wheel and having a substantially planar
base surface;
(b) rim means extending from said disk-like
base means and having a rim surface of predetermined
width and which lies in a plane parallel to and
spaced from said base surface; and
(c) abrasive means comprising a plurality
of abrasive pieces each having a width substantially
the same as said predetermined width of said rim
surface with each said abrasive piece secured to
said rim surface to form an array of abrasive pieces
such that the width of each such abrasive piece is
disposed to correspond to the width of said rim
surface and so that said abrasive pieces are
disposed along said rim surface with a predetermined
open spacing therebetween all so as that said array
of abrasive pieces covers a predetermined amount of
said rim surface.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
2
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007