Appeal No. 2001-2268
Application 08/922,581
(d) a rotary drive operative to rotate said turntable
thereby to consecutively move each of said cassette holders into
registration with said docking station; and
(e) a plunger arm linearly movable between a first advanced
position and a withdrawn position, said plunger arm operative
when advanced to pivot a registered one of said cassette holders
into the extended position thereby to move the cassette received
therein into the docking station and into a docked state with
respect to said recorder/reader and operative when withdrawn to
permit said registered one of said cassette holders to pivot into
a retracted position thereby to demount the cassette received
therein from the recorder/reader so that said cassette moves to a
stored state.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Foelkel et al. (Foelkel) 3,617,066 Nov. 2, 1971
Claims 24-28 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 112, second
paragraph, as being indefinite for failing to particularly point
out and distinctly claim the subject matter which applicant
regards as the invention. Claims 1, 3, 6, 10, 29, 37 and 43
stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) as being anticipated by
the disclosure of Foelkel. Claims 4, 5, 9, 11 and 16-23 stand
rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103. As evidence of obviousness the
examiner offers Foelkel taken alone.
Rather than repeat the arguments of appellants or the
examiner, we make reference to the briefs and the answer for the
respective details thereof.
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