Appeal No. 2005-0874
Application No. 10/320,073
the spindle (see 20 in Figure 2 and F in Figure 5), and a fluid
conduit connecting the inlet and outlet (the annular gas exhaust
zone 30).
Sugimoto also discloses a fluid source coupled to said fluid
conduit (air flow adjusting unit 50); a substantially cylindrical
heat regulation void (the space around the spindle, including the
“small opening” 30b); a temperature sensor col. 6, ll. 3-4);
where there must be a “heat regulation void” with an inside
diameter selected to accommodate the outside diameter of said
rotary spindle and an exit gas flow path at 30b (see Figures 2
and 5); and finally the heat regulating element is defined by an
“open framework” such that the upper and lower ends of the heat
regulating element are open to said void. Appellants and the
examiner apparently agree that the “open framework” should be
construed as including gaps between the spindle and frame with a
side opening, with the frame containing a cylindrical cut-out
through its body (Answer, page 9; Reply Brief, pages 2-3). As
previously mentioned, Sugimoto discloses a heat regulating
element with a gap between the spindle and the frame (see 30b
adjacent to the lower spindle as well as the void around the
upper spindle; see Figure 5), as well as the side opening 30a.
Accordingly, we agree with the examiner that Sugimoto discloses
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