Appeal No. 2002-1213
Application No. 09/293,019
with the tufter. Boucherie makes no mention whatsoever of what
is happening upstream of tufter supply mechanism (3) and in no
way suggests fully automating the process between a toothbrush
body molding machine and a tufter. Boucherie says nothing about
the use of or need for a combination of a removal element for
removing toothbrush bodies from a molding unit and transport for
automatically moving the toothbrush bodies to a tufter or
packaging machine, as set forth in appellants' claims on appeal.
Lui addresses manufacturing beaded strings for a beaded
curtain (page 6, lines 19+) and provides a molding apparatus for
molding discrete plastic beads at intervals along a string. As
seen in Figure 4 of Lui, the beads can have different shapes. In
addition, Lui notes (page 7) that since the three sets of running
paths of mold (14) seen in Figure 4 are separate, the
corresponding groups of molding cavities (27) may be injected
with different plastic materials and/or plastic materials of
different colors, resulting in a multi-look/color beaded string
for enhancing eye appeal. Nothing in Lui mentions or relates
directly to the manufacture of toothbrushes.
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