Ex parte DOUCET - Page 5




          Appeal No. 2000-0581                                                        
          Application No. 08/429,155                                                  


          configured cam 46 fixed to a stationary side wall of the                    
          machine (column 7, line 52, to column 8, line 16).                          
               In all of the embodiments of fan arrangements disclosed                
          by Breton, with the exception of the one illustrated in                     
          Figures 8, 8a, the fan blade tips appear to be unitary with                 
          the remainder of the blade.  In the Figure 8, 8a embodiment,                
          the blade tips 35, 36 are pivotally mounted to the blades 37,               
          38, but the details of this mounting arrangement (for example,              
          whether it is a                                                             


          replaceable mounting and includes aligning structure) are not               
          specified.                                                                  
               Poland discloses a document stacking device including a                
          drum-like stacking member comprised of a pair of discs 60                   
          mounted in spaced-apart relation on a shaft 61.  The discs 60               
          are formed with arcuate slots 66a, 66b which communicate with               
          the peripheral surface of the discs and extend part way around              
          the discs for receiving documents 40 introduced thereinto.                  
          Carried by each of the discs 60 at the entrance of each of the              
          slots 66a, 66b is a document deflector member 71 made of low                
          friction material and attached by means of a leaf spring 72 to              
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