Appeal No. 2002-0472
Application No. 09/109,407
passing said chip parts through a gate port in series
providing that said chip parts have a given orientation within
said chute groove;
aligning said passed chip parts in a line for discharge
after said chip parts pass through said gate port; and
rotating a rotary member to urge any chip part halted in an
abnormal orientation in said gate port toward a direction
different from a direction in which said chip parts are
discharged, thereby preventing said gate port from becoming
clogged.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Cameron 1,600,715 Sept. 21, 1926
Risser 1,807,673 June 2, 1931
Bryan, Jr. (Bryan) 4,014,460 March 29, 1977
THE REJECTIONS
Claims 1 through 4, 9 and 14 through 24 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being unpatentable over Risser in view of
Cameron.
Claim 10 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Risser in view of Cameron and Bryan.
Attention is directed to the appellants’ main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 19 and 22) and to the examiner’s final
rejection and answer (Paper Nos. 14 and 20) for the respective
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