Appeal No. 2001-0083
Application 08/975,267
an upper mold support assembly for supporting an upper mold within the heated
chamber for cyclical vertical movement between upper and lower positions;
a lower mold shuttle for supporting a lower mold for cyclical movement between
an idle position horizontally spaced from the upper mold and a use position below the
upper mold; and
a lower mold support assembly to which the lower mold is cyclically transferred
from the lower mold shuttle in the use position to provide support thereof while
permitting horizontal alignment of the lower mold with the upper mold as necessary
upon each cycle of downward movement of the upper mold for cooperation of the molds
to form a heated glass sheet between the molds.
THE REFERENCES
In rejecting the appealed claims under 35 U.S.C. §103, the Examiner relies on
the following references:
McMaster et al. (McMaster I) 4,470,838 Sep. 11, 1984
McMaster (McMaster II) 5,092,916 Mar. 3, 1992
Kubo et al. (Kubo) 5,445,508 Aug. 29, 1995
Austin 5,643,615 Jul. 1, 1997
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 and 5 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) over McMaster II in view of
Kubo.
Claims 13 and 16 are rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) over McMaster II and
Kubo as applied to claim 1 above, further in view of McMaster I.
Claim 15 is rejected under 35 U.S.C. §103(a) as being unpatentable over
McMaster II in view of Kubo and McMaster I as applied to claim 13 above, and further in
view of Austin.
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