Appeal No. 2003-1575 Page 6
Application No. 09/420,306
invention wherein the forward roller 30 is outside the suction chamber 56 and the
rearward roller 31 is within the suction chamber 56.
Bleeker teaches (column 7, lines 52-65) that
the forward roller 30, viewed in the given operating direction 29, is wholly made
of a comparatively hard material, the circumferential surface 37 of the roller 30
advantageously having a surface roughness ranging between 0 µm and 2 µm.
The interior of the rearward roller 31, viewed in the operating direction 29, is also
made of a comparatively hard material but is surrounded by a shell of a
comparatively soft material, the circumferential surface 38 of the rearward roller
31 having a higher surface roughness than the circumferential surface 37 of the
forward roller 30. The surface roughness of the circumferential surface 38 of the
rearward roller 31 may range approximately between 3 µm and 6 µm.
Bergmann discloses an apparatus for shampooing, which may be used for this
purpose alone, or for simultaneously shampooing, beating and rubbing the body. The
apparatus as shown in Figure 9 includes a knobbed roll a, a smooth roll c and a handle
g. Bergmann teaches (page 2, lines 41-44) that (1) the knobbed roll a consists of a
metal core provided with a knobbed covering of india rubber or other suitable material;
and (2) the smooth roll c is made of metal covered with wash leather or other similar
soft material.
In the rejection of claim 4 in the answer (pp. 3-4), the examiner (1) ascertained
that Bleeker differs from the present invention in that Bleeker's rearward roller 31 has a
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