Appeal No. 2000-0374
Application No. 08/686,526
an adjusting member inserted into each said hole and
threadedly engaged with the deck; and
a spring installed between each of said guide shafts
and the deck and for providing a resistive force against
a rotation of said adjusting member and biasing said
guide shafts away from the deck, thereby to allow
appropriate adjustment of the distance between the deck
and each of said guide shafts.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Yamashita 5,036,507 Jul.
30, 1991
Kato et al. (Kato) 5,124,974 Jun. 23,
1992
Sakashita et al. (Sakashita) 5,488,526 Jan. 30,
1996
Claims 1 through 3 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103.
As evidence of obviousness, the examiner relies upon Kato in
view of
Yamashita as to claims 1 and 3, with the addition of Sakashita
as to claim 2.
Rather than repeat the positions of the appellant and the
examiner, reference is made to the brief and the answer for
the respective details thereof.
OPINION
We reverse. The examiner has not established a prima
facie case of obviousness within 35 U.S.C. § 103.
As to independent claim 1 on appeal, the examiner
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