Appeal No. 2004-2279 Page 4
Application No. 10/151,263
With this as background, we analyze the prior art applied by the examiner in the
rejection of the claims on appeal.
Ammons' invention relates to an improved two cylinder water well pumping
system which uses the wind driving a unique windmill as the primary driving force, with
an alternate electric motor drive for use when the wind force is not adequate. Ammons
discloses a windmill 150 with specially constructed sails 1 at each corner, which rotates
in the wind on bearings 3 located on a main shaft 44. The shaft 44 is bolted to a tall
length of enclosed piping which acts as both a water storage tank and a mainmast or
post 27 of the windmill 150. This mainmast 27 sits on a pivot bearing or cradle 38
attached to an angle-iron base 49. As shown best in Figure 13, mainmast 27 is held
firmly by guy lines 53 on either side and a rigid stiff leg or strut 48 at the rear. These
guy lines 53, strut 48 and base 49 are attached to concrete anchor blocks 55 or buried
foundation blocks 51 at the ground level.
Haney's invention pertains to braced offshore structures and more particularly to
a means of fabricating the structure onshore in a compact bundle, transporting the
bundle, and unfolding the bundle to the final configuration near the offshore site. As
shown in Figures 1 and 2, a substructure 10 supports a superstructure 12 above the
waterline 14. Substructure 10 comprises central tower 16 and three outwardly
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