Appeal No. 1998-1090
Application No. 08/534,965
to modify the pressure switch assembly disclosure of Budlane.
As recognized by the Examiner, Budlane discloses separate
lever and switch blade components rather than a single switch
blade component which is contacted and actuated by a pressure
responsive member as in the appealed claims. To address this
deficiency, the Examiner turns to Barnes, which discloses a
pressure activated switch blade with a movable contact located
between the switch blade ends for operating the switch. In
the Examiner’s view (Answer, page 5);
It would have been obvious to one of ordinary
skill in the art to apply the teachings of Barnes
to Budlane et al[.] to form the lever as a switch
blade having an over center spring rather than a
separate lever and switch blade because both
Barnes
and Budlane et al[.] are in the same field of
endeavor
of adjustable pressure switches which operate snap
action switch [sic, switches] in which the switch
blade is adjusted in which providing the lever
as the switch blade would reduce the number of
operating parts reducing the amount of assembly
and also reduces [sic, reducing] the chances of
misoperation due to fewer parts forming the
assembly while providing the same operation and
function.
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