Appeal No. 1999-1926
Application No. 08/675,938
at least one supporting element for the dielectric insert for
fixing it in a direction deviating from the fixing direction of
the dielectric insert by the clamping body. See Figure 1 of the
disclosure. A further understanding of the invention can be
achieved by the following claim.
1. A waveguide-resonator device, comprising a waveguide; a
dielectric insert arranged inside said waveguide and formed as a
disc-shaped cylinder; a plurality of clamping bodies for fixing
said dielectric insert inside said waveguide in a fixing
direction, said clamping bodies being arranged between said
waveguide and an outer periphery of said dielectric insert and
contacting said dielectric insert only tangentially; and a
supporting element for fixing said dielectric insert in a
direction which deviates from said fixing direction of said
dielectric insert by said clamping bodies, at least one of said
clamping bodies being mounted on said waveguide so that a
changeable clamping pressure relative to said dielectric insert
is adjustable, said clamping bodies being formed as bars which
project toward an outer circumference of said cylinder and contact
said insert only tangentially.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Mizumura et al. (Mizumura) 4,609,883 Sep. 2, 1986
Hendrick et al. (Hendrick) 5,034,711 July 23, 1991
Shen 5,324,713 June 28, 1994
Dorothy et al. (Dorothy) 5,457,087 Oct. 10, 1995
(filed Dec. 3, 1993)
Claims 9-11, 23, 26, 30, 31, 34, 37 and 38 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by Shen.
Claims 1, 4, 7, 8, 20, 21, 24, 33, 35 and 36 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable over Shen in view of
Hendrick.
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