Appeal No. 1999-1785
Application No. 08/512,656
(brief, page 7). Since each and every element of appellant’s
claim 19 is not shown, either explicitly or inherently in
Totten, the examiner’s rejection of claim 19 under 35 U.S.C. §
102(b) based on Totten will not be sustained.
We turn now to the examiner’s rejection of claim 11 under
35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being clearly anticipated by Bechman.
We find that Bechman discloses (Figure 2) a track roller
having a lubricated bearing assembly with an internal member
18, and an external member 19 disposed upon the internal
member 18. The external member and the internal member form a
seat for at least one seal member 25 between the external
member and the internal member, for sealing between the
external member 19 and the internal member 18. At least a
portion of one of the members extends beyond at least a
portion of the other of the members thereby forming the seat.
We are unpersuaded by appellant’s arguments (brief, page 8)
regarding Bechman. These arguments are not well taken, as
they are directed to the lubrication fitting shown in Figure 4
of Bechman, and do not address the disclosed features of the
bearing assembly noted above. Since Bechman discloses each
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