Appeal No. 1998-2484 Page 7
Application No. 08/212,819
(answer, page 5) is that Bawa’s teaches, in an analogous art,
inserting a liquid packing 15 into a gap between two
components. The examiner concludes (id.), that the
modification would have been obvious for environmental
insulation of the components.
We find that in Bawa (Figure 1, and col. 3, lines 2-4 and
51-53), the curable fluid 15 is placed between the outer
surface of metal sheath 14 and the central passage 37 of
grounding sleeve 22. From the disclosure of Bawa, we agree
with the appellants that Bawa does not disclose the use of
curable fluid between the connector body 24 and the gland nut
28 and would not have suggested providing JP’313 with liquid
packing injected into the flange-fastening-means inserting
holes.
However, we find that JP’313 teaches the use of a liquid
packing injected into the flange-fastening-means insertion
opening. JP’313 (translation, 8 page) discloses thatth
After the flange connection section is assembled
and its air-tight sealing is examined, a liquid gasket
is filled through the hole 9 or bolt hole 10 by
removing one bolt. By this, the liquid gasket moves
forward in
the groove 8 filling in all the bolt holes and
penetrating into the spaces between the bolts and the bolt
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