Appeal No. 2000-0374
Application No. 08/686,526
proposes to modify Kato’s prior art Figures 9 and 10 with an
assertion of Official Notice that it is old and well known in
the art to adjust the pickup tilt by means of moving a guide
shaft. More specifically, the examiner urges that it would
have been obvious to the artisan to have adjusted Kato’s
pickup tilt by adjusting the tilt of the guide shaft as
evidenced by Yamashita.
Each of a pair of guide shafts in claim 1 on appeal is
recited to have a hole at at least one axial end thereof as
well as an adjusting member inserted into each of these holes
and threadedly engaged with the deck. The claim further
requires that a spring be installed between each of the guide
shafts in the deck to provide a resistive force against a
rotation of the adjusting member and biasing the guide shafts
away from the deck to allow appropriate adjustment of the
distance between the deck and each of the guide shafts.
We do not agree with the examiner’s conclusion that,
based upon the teachings of Yamashita, it would have been
obvious to have utilized the teachings and showings in Kato’s
Figure 10, for example, of an adjusting member in the form of
screw 10 threadedly engaging, by means of threaded hole 3a the
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