Appeal No. 2002-0074 Page 13
Application No. 08/800,758
each of the adjacent stringers 30 of the rack 20), and prop supporting members
supporting said stages so that said stages are vertically arranged (Evans' pallet 24
includes posts 60 and 62 which support the conveyors 50 so that the conveyors 50 are
vertically arranged) and each of said stages is level with a corresponding one of said
placing stages of said vertical installation structure (as shown in Figure 1, each of
Evans' conveyors 50 is level with a corresponding one of the stringers 30 of the rack
20), wherein said stages and said placing stages are positioned to enable the transfer
of the information processing apparatus from each of said stages of said moving
structure to a corresponding one of said placing stages of said vertical installation
structure (as shown in Figure 1, Evans' conveyors 50 and the corresponding stringers
30 of the rack 20 are positioned to be capable of transferring information processing
apparatus from each of the conveyors 50 of the pallet 24 to a corresponding one of the
stringers 30 of the rack 20).
In our view, the appellants argument (brief, p. 7; reply brief, pp. 3-4) that the
limitation "said placing stages are positioned to enable the transfer of the information
processing apparatus from each of said stages of said moving structure to a
corresponding one of said placing stages of said vertical installation structure" is not
met by Evans is in error. We disagree with the appellants that this limitation requires
that the number of placing stages provided in the system equal the number of stages of
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