Appeal No. 1999-2132 Page 6
Application No. 08/672,856
rollers.
Tekavec discloses a cushioning conversion machine 12 and
a table 10 having a horizontal work platform 14 and an opening
18 therethrough. The cushioning conversion machine 12
comprises a conversion assembly including a stock supply
assembly 50, a forming assembly 52, a gear assembly 54, a
cutting assembly 56, and a post-cutting constraining assembly
58 (col. 5, ll. 49-54). The gear assembly 54 pulls stock
material 22 through the machine and also coins a central band
of the continuous strip to form a coined strip (id. at 60-63).
The cutting assembly 56 cuts the coined strip into cut
sections, or pads, P (id. at 63-65). These cut sections then
travel through the post-cutting constraining assembly 58 (id.
at 65-66). The post-cutting constraining assembly 58 has an
exit opening 62 which may be aligned with the table opening 18
(col. 6, ll. 14-17 and 21-25).
Mistyurik discloses a label stacking device 10 and a
stacking process designed to receive labels coming from a
label dispensing device, e.g., a printer 11, and to orient the
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