Appeal No. 1999-2542
Application No. 08/832654
conical wall comprising an open bottom including a deformable
single line edge (4), and a torque resistant engagement
between the deformable single line edge (4B) of the conical
wall (4A) of the conical recess and a female threaded nut (1),
the torque resistant engagement comprising as an integral part
of the female threaded nut serrations (11) having a plurality
of line ridges that deform
the deformable single line edge (4B) for holding the nut
against rotation and against unintended axial withdrawal.
Of particular importance to appellant’s overall
invention, and clearly an express requirement of the claimed
connector rod for a loom, is the coaction between a deformable
single line edge and serrations to effect a torque resistant
engagement for holding a nut against rotation and against
unintended axial withdrawal.
When we set aside in our minds what appellant has taught
us in the present application, and consider only the evidence
of obviousness as a whole, it is at once apparent to us that
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