Appeal No. 1998-2484 Page 2
Application No. 08/212,819
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a sealed container
for either a high voltage conductor or an electric power
device. An understanding of the invention can be derived from
a reading of exemplary claim 2, which is reproduced as
follows:
2. A sealed container containing therein a high-voltage
conductor or an electric power device, and having a flange
connection part in which an insulating spacer is inserted
between tow flanges, comprising:
inward and outward grooves provided in at least one of
the insulating spacer and the flanges, said grooves being
respectively provided in annular form inwardly and outwardly
of flange-fastening-means inserting holes;
flange-fastening means inserted in the flange-fastening-
means inserting holes;
a liquid packing injected into said flange-fastening-
means inserting holes; and
sealing means disposed in said respective grooves.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Sweeny et al. (Sweeny) 3,291,890 Jul. 30,
1965
Bawa et al. (Bawa) 4,549,037 Oct. 22,
1985
Hama et al. (Hama) 4,786,761 Nov. 22,
1988
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