Appeal No. 2002-1572
Application No. 09/286,088
Attention is directed to the appellant’s main and reply
briefs (Paper Nos. 8 and 10) and to the examiner’s answer (Paper
No. 9) for the respective positions of the appellant and the
examiner with regard to the merits of this rejection.
DISCUSSION
Haas, the examiner’s primary reference, discloses an
apparatus for molding a mixture 5 of fibrous material and binder
into solid panels 4. The apparatus includes an upper pressure
plate 1, 12 secured to the ram of a press, a lower mold composed
of a base plate 2 and a thick bottom plate 3 mounted on the base
plate 2, a frame 6 surrounding the bottom plate 3, cylinder and
piston units 7 disposed between the frame 6 and the base plate 2
for sliding the frame 6 vertically along the side and end walls
of the bottom plate 3, and spacing members 9 mounted on the base
plate 2. In use, the frame 6 is positioned relative to the
bottom plate 3 by the cylinder and piston units 7 to form a mold
cavity, the fibrous material and binder mixture 5 is filled into
the cavity, and the mixture is compressed by the pressure plate
1, 12 acting against a constant back pressure exerted by the
cylinder and piston units 7 so as to effect a positive movement
of the frame 6 in the downward direction as the mixture is
3
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