Appeal No. 2001-0257 Page 4
Application No. 08/927,412
found, either expressly described or under principles of
inherency, in a single prior art reference. See Kalman v.
Kimberly-Clark Corp., 713 F.2d 760, 772, 218 USPQ 781, 789
(Fed. Cir. 1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1026 (1984).
Claims 2, 3, 8, 14, 16 to 19, 21 and 22 are drawn to a
movable upper tool for separation of blanks from a die-cut
sheet including, inter alia, a base plate having apertures and
punches fastened on a lower surface of the base plate, wherein
the punches are arranged along two orthogonal axes, one of the
orthogonal axes consisting of a line slanted at an angle with
regard to an edge of the base plate to provide a regular or
identical full pressure on each blank to be separated.
Varidel's invention is directed to a movable upper tool
for a blank separating station situated in a sheet processing
machine which is used for producing blanks for making
packages. The upper tool includes a horizontal plate 1 having
a lower surface on which an upper surface of each of the
separated blocks 2 is mounted. The plate 1 is provided with
numerous apertures 10 arranged in a pattern to allow air to
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