Appeal No. 2005-0187
Appeal No. 09/758,513
through 9 and claims 11 through 38, the only other claims pending
in the application, stand objected to as depending from a
rejected base claim.
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a monitoring device designed for
use in industrial environments, e.g., with a machine tool, where
it may be subject to potentially harmful working fluids and/or
waste materials. Representative claim 1 reads as follows:
1. A monitoring device for checking for a predefined
position of a body or for checking for the presence
of a body, comprising a pivotal checking element,
a motor for driving the checking element, a housing
for accommodating the motor, and a seal which is
disposed exteriorly of the housing between the
checking element and the housing and which extends
around a shaft by means of which the checking
element is driven, wherein the seal abuts on the
checking element and abuts on the housing.
THE REJECTION
Claims 1, 3 through 5, 10 and 39 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by U.S. Patent No. 6,130,516
to Huber et al. (Huber).
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