Appeal No. 2005-1004 5
Application No. 09/656,333
the transfer cylinders 3 and 4 include dipping gripper assemblies
9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17 and 18 which are controlled by a pair
of cam disks 19, 20, 21 and 22 associated with each of the
cylinders. Schaede’s drawings indicate that the dipping gripper
assemblies are spring-biased mechanisms which move in accordance
with the profiles on the cam disks.
In applying Schaede to reject claim 1 (see pages 3 and 4 in
the answer), the examiner reads the recitations of the first and
second sheet transport cylinders on Schaede’s transfer cylinders
3 and 4, respectively. Claim 1 requires the second sheet
transport cylinder to have a position defined for accepting a
sheet from the first sheet transport cylinder and a position
defined for surrendering the sheet. In the examiner’s view (see
page 5 in the answer), Schaede’s transfer cylinder 4 has a
position for accepting a sheet at its nip with the impression
cylinder 2 and a position for surrendering the sheet at its nip
with transfer cylinder 30. Claim 1 also sets forth that, on a
path from the surrender position to the acceptance position, the
second sheet gripper (mounted on the second sheet transport
cylinder) is actuatable for executing one of a movement stressing
the spring element assigned thereto and a movement relieving the
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