Appeal No. 2002-1164
Application 09/159,767
a cutting assembly disposed along the paper web traveling
path and adapted to form a line of cuts, having at least one
uncut portion, at the top and bottom of each portion of the
continuous paper web to be folded; and
an oscillatory shooter assembly disposed along the paper web
traveling path, said oscillatory shooter assembly being located
downstream of said cutting assembly with respect to the paper web
traveling direction,
said oscillatory shooter assembly including a counter roller
and a nozzle roller disposed at a lower end portion of said
oscillatory shooter assembly, said counter and nozzle rollers
being rotatable at a peripheral speed that is faster than the
paper web traveling speed, said nozzle roller being movable into
contact with said counter roller and away from said counter
roller so as to be separated therefrom,
said oscillatory shooter assembly being capable of moving in
an oscillatory motion with the continuous paper web interposed
between said nozzle roller and said counter roller so as to fold
the continuous paper web in a zigzag fashion along each of the
lines of cuts formed by said cutting assembly so that each fold
coincides with one of the lines of cuts,
wherein the continuous paper web is cut along one of the
lines of cuts by moving the nozzle roller into contact with the
counter roller when the one cut line approaches the vicinity of
an upstream side of said nozzle roller and said counter roller.
THE PRIOR ART
The reference relied on by the examiner to support the final
rejection is:
Kishine et al. 9-76460 Mar. 25, 1997
Japanese Patent
Document (Kishine)1
1 The record contains an English language translation of
this reference provided by the examiner (Paper No. 25) as well as
a copy of equivalent U.S. Patent No. 5,800,327.
2
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