Appeal No. 2001-0267
Application No. 08/980,352
line 21 to page 24, line 1). Considering Figure 1 and pages
23 and 24 of the specification, as further explained by
appellants (specification, page 10), a sensor detects the
existence of a clip in such a way that the light emitted from
a light emitting diode is reflected by a film of the clip-
arranged belt located on a carrying path of a cartridge and
then reflected light is received by a light receiving diode
for detecting whether the clip exists or not. Appellants
additionally point out that since the detection is performed
based on the reflected light from the film, a detection result
is strictly accurate, since if the detection is performed
based on the reflected light from a clip, the clip cannot be
detected when the sensor is situated in a gap between clips.
Claim 1, the sole independent claim, is drawn to a
clipping device comprising, inter alia, a cartridge containing
a belt of plate-shaped clips, a pair of clamps, a slider,
control means, and clip-setting-detecting means, and
wherein said control means has a detecting
step in which said slider is caused to
perform an operation of feeding the belt of
plate-shaped clips per a clip a
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