Appeal No. 2004-0312
Application No. 09/277,534
The subject matter on appeal relates to a glass workpiece
transporting and locating system, to a glass processing machine,
and a to glass workpiece feeding device. With reference to the
appellant’s drawing, the appealed subject matter comprises a
glass cutting table 20, having a movable bridge 24 associated
therewith; the bridge includes vacuum chucks 42 which overlap a
glass workpiece W supported on a glass workpiece feeding table 34
whereby the workpiece can be engaged by the chucks for feeding
the workpiece to the glass cutting table (i.e., via movement of
bridge 24); and means (e.g., see elements 38, 40 and 44) for
aligning the glass workpiece which is supported on the glass
workpiece feeding table. This appealed subject matter is
adequately illustrated by independent claims 1, 7 and 14, a copy
of which taken from the appellant’s brief is appended to this
decision.
The references set forth below are relied upon by the
examiner in the § 102 and § 103 rejections before us:
Curtze et al. (Curtze) 3,424,357 Jan. 28, 1969
Lisec (Lisec ‘555) 4,667,555 May 26, 1987
Perobelli et al. (Perobelli) 5,507,616 Apr. 16, 1996
Lisec (Lisec ‘244) 5,944,244 Aug. 31, 1999
(effectively filed May 27, 1997)
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