Appeal No. 1998-2114
Application No. 08/491,286
c) a track having a forward end portion and a rear
end portion fixedly associated with said housing and
operably associated with said cartridge carrier.
13. A method of inserting a media cartridge into a
media cartridge storage and handling system whereby said
cartridge is transferred from a first operating position
associated with hand-insertion and hand-removal of
cartridges to a second operating position associated with
machine-insertion and machine-removal of cartridges
comprising the steps of:
(a) locating a cartridge carrier at said first
operating position;
(b) inserting said cartridge into said cartridge
carrier;
(c) moving said cartridge carrier to an
intermediate position between said first and second
operating positions;
(d) checking for proper insertion of said cartridge
in said cartridge carrier at said intermediate position.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Jenkins et al. (Jenkins) 4,271,440 Jun.
2, 1981
Christie et al. (Christie) 5,062,093 Oct. 29, 1991
Permut 5,517,473 May 14,
1996
(effective filing date of Aug. 6,
1993)
Claim 1 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Christie.
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