Appeal No. 2001-2505
Application No. 09/072,097
(col. 3, lines 6 to 9). Drive section 7 is actuated by motor 10 to
rotate the arm assemblies angularly (col. 4, lines 28 to 30).
The examiner concludes:
Note pulley 23 in Uehara is fixedly stationarily
connected with housing 7 and when motor 10 of Uehara is
not being actuated Uehara’s device meets the instant
claims. Moreover it would have been obvious to delete
motor 10 and its associated drive structure if desiring
not to rotate the device. In summary the instant claims
are in essence drawn to a subcombination of Uehara.
[answer at pages 2 to 3]
Appellants argue that Uehara does not disclose a pulley
fixedly connected to the housing of the drive section such that the
pulley is rotationally stationary. We agree.
The case 23 carrying pulleys 26, 27 is not fixedly stationary
connected to the housing of the drive section so that the pulley is
rotationally stationary as is recited in claim 1. While it is true
that the case 23 carrying pulleys 26, 27 will be stationary if the
motor 10 is not actuated, that does not make the case carrying
pulleys 26, 22 a rotationally stationary pulley. Rather, the case
carrying pulleys 26, 22 is a rotatable pulley that can be rendered
stationary if one desires to do so. In addition, in our view the
housing or shaft 7 is not a rotationally stationary housing because
shaft 7 is clearly disclosed as a rotatable shaft (See col. 2,
lines 64 to 65).
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