Appeal No. 2002-2024
Application No. 09/197,404
connection member and the inner surface of the retainer member
(21) received therein cooperate together to form a substantially
spherical inner surface of the male connection member capable of
retaining the substantially spherical member (42) of the
connection assembly therein. In addition, it is highly
questionable whether the references applied by the examiner teach
or suggest a one piece liner member as defined in the claims on
appeal, since element (26) pointed to by the examiner in Narkon
appears to be a coating of self-lubricating material applied to
and fixedly secured to the outer surface of inner race member
(10) and not what one of ordinary skill in the art would consider
to be a one piece liner member "for positioning around a
predetermined outer portion of said spherical member" set forth
in the claims on appeal.
Moreover, since Narkon has no male connection member like
that in Wallace '679 or Daugherety '819 and the elements (14) and
(16) of Narkon pointed to by the examiner make up the two piece
outer race (12) of the self-aligning track roller described
therein, it appears to us that appellant has correctly concluded
(brief, pages 11-12) that a combination of Wallace '679 or
Daugherety '819 and Narkon following the teachings of those
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