Appeal No. 2000-2024
Application No. 09/059,207
Reading apparatus claim 10 on Keeler, we find that Keeler
discloses forming means, filling means and sealing means (col.
1, lines 19 to 21; col. 3, lines 61 to 63), article attaching
means 20, and conveying means 22, 60, 24 for advancing a
container past these four means. Claim 10 further recites
"characterized in that said attaching means is installed at
said conveying means without said conveying means having been
altered." We consider that Keeler meets this limitation,
since, as discussed above, conveyors 24 and 60 and attachment
means 20 are all installed as a unit. Thus, the installation
of attachment means 20 does not "alter" conveying means 24,
60, since attachment means 20 is installed along with those
conveyors. As far as conveyor 22 is concerned, the
installation of conveyors 24, 60 and attachment means 20 does
not "alter" conveyor 22, since all that is required is to
coordinate the speed of those conveyors with conveyor 22.
Keeler does not disclose that there is any connection between
conveyor 22 and conveyors 24 and/or 60, or that conveyor 22
would operate any differently than it did prior to
installation of attachment means 20 and conveyors 24 and 60.
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