Appeal No. 1999-2086
Application 08/692,062
through 18 and 42 through 48 have been allowed, claims 3, 7 through 12, 36 and 40 are
considered to be allowable subject to being rewritten in independent form and claims 19
through 33 have been withdrawn from consideration as being directed to a non-elected
invention.
The invention disclosed in the subject application relates to a work bench having a pair
of spaced apart vise screws 30 for imparting relative movement to a pair of members 24, 26 on
a table top to clamp a workpiece between the members. A first one of the screws is directly
connected to a handle 110 by a pin 124. The second one of the screws is connected by a
clutch 70 to handle 110. The clutch is defined by a sprocket 50 having detents 60. A pin 62
carried by the first screw is engagable in the detents 60 to engage the clutch so that both screws
are rotated upon turning the handle 110. However, when a torque of predetermined magnitude
is applied by the operator to handle 110, pin 62 disengages from detents 60 to disengage the
clutch and thereby interrupt rotation of the second screw. Disengagement of clutch 70 enables
rotation of the first screw with respect to (i.e., relative to) the second screw as defined in
independent claims 1 and 6.
A copy of the appealed claims is appended to appellants’ brief.
The following references are relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness in support of his rejections under 35 U.S.C. § 103:
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