Appeal No. 1999-0365
Application 08/601,724
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A transmission tester for testing vehicular
transmissions, the transmission tester comprising:
(a) a main frame;
(b) a prime mover, for providing driving energy to a
transmission to be tested;
(c) a headstock plate adapted to receive thereon a
transmission to be tested, said headstock plate being
supported from said main frame by a support, said support
being mounted for povitation about a first axis, to thereby
pivot said headstock plate about said first axis; and
(d) loading and braking apparatus, supported from said
main frame, said loading and braking apparatus including a
shaft journalled for rotation about a second axis
substantially perpendicular to said first axis, and extending
generally toward said headstock plate, for engaging an output
shaft of the transmission to be tested, and for thereby
applying braking energy to the transmission.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Weeder 4,732,036 Mar. 22, 1988
Sano et al. (Sano) 5,144,834 Sep. 08, 1992
Kuwahara 5,154,623 Oct. 13, 1992
The following rejections are on appeal before us:
1. Claims 1-10, 13-18, 38-44, 47, 63 and 72-77 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over the
teachings of Weeder taken alone.
2. Claims 11 and 12 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. §
103 as being unpatentable over the teachings of Weeder in view
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