Appeal No. 2002-2047 Page 3
Application No. 09/348,400
OPINION
In reaching our decision in this appeal, we have given careful consideration to
the appellant's specification and claims, to the applied prior art references, and to the
respective positions articulated by the appellant and the examiner. As a consequence
of our review, we make the determinations which follow.
Claims 1 and 28
1. Laundry separating apparatus for separating an article of laundry
from a bundle of laundry articles, the apparatus comprising:
a frame;
a grip device mounted for guided movement towards and
away from a bundle of laundry;
a wheeled laundry truck in which the laundry articles are, in
use, located;
drive means for moving said grip device towards and away
from said laundry; and
moving means associated with the wheeled laundry truck for
causing the truck to move relative to the frame beneath the
grip device during the operation of the apparatus, the
moving means operable to release the wheeled laundry
truck.
28. A laundry separation method for positioning a laundry truck
containing at least one laundry article for gripping, the method
comprising the steps of:
(a) placing the at least one laundry article in the laundry
truck;
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