Appeal No. 1999-2278 Page 8
Application No. 08/641,442
lower stud 88 of latch member 74 moves along a first path 310
including channel portions 152, 154, and 164, as best shown in
figures 10 (col. 9, lines 12-14). In the "go-get" mode, the
gate is not deflected by the stud. In the "return" mode,
lower stud 88 follows path 316 including channel portion 160,
gate surface portion 196, channel portion 156, as best shown
in figure 14 (col. 9, lines 60-64). In the "return" mode, the
lower stud 88 goes past surface 196 of the gate, but does not
deflect the gate and move from channel 154 to channel 156.
The post 88 is already in channel 160 and is moving past
surface 196 of the gate as post 88 moves to channel 156.
Thus, the gate surface 196 deflects the post 88, and is not
deflected by the post as required by claim 1. We have
reviewed the portions of Wanger relied upon by the examiner,
but we find no teaching of post 88 deflecting the gate and
moving from the first channel to the second channel when no
cartridge is being gripped.
Accordingly, we find that Wanger does not anticipate
claim 1 as advanced by the examiner. The rejection of claim
1, and claim 2 which depends therefrom, is therefore reversed.
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