Appeal No. 2000-2230 Page 2
Application No. 08/706,767
BACKGROUND
The appellants' invention relates to thermosyphon
radiators (specification, p. 1). A copy of the claims 16 to
24 and 26 to 34 under appeal is set forth in the appendix to
the appellants' brief. Claims 15 and 25, which were not
correctly set forth in the appendix to the appellants' brief,
read as follows:
15. A thermosyphon radiator comprising a sealed panel
containing a reservoir of vaporizing liquid in a
lowermost part of the panel and a pipe extending through
the vaporizing liquid and extending through only the
lowermost part of the panel with clearance, said
lowermost part having first and second opposed ends and
said pipe entering the first end and exiting through the
second, opposed end, the pipe being coated externally
with a coating comprising a metallic coating without a
downwardly depending wick, said metallic coating being
selected from the group consisting of a fine metallic
mesh, and a compacted metal wool.
25. A thermosyphon radiator comprising a sealed panel
containing a reservoir of vaporizing liquid in a
lowermost part of the panel and a pipe extending through
the vaporizing liquid and extending only through the
lowermost part of the panel with clearance, said
lowermost part having first and second opposed ends and
said pipe entering the first end and exiting through the
second, opposed end, the pipe being coated externally
with a coating without a downwardly depending wick, said
coating comprising a ceramic porous material.
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