Appeal No. 2005-1396
Application 09/739,990
Appellants’ invention is directed to a hand-held electric
sealer, and more particularly to an electric sealer like that
seen in Figures 20 and 21 of the application drawings. Claim 44
reads as follows:
44. A hand-held electric sealer comprising
a) a housing,
b) a press bar having a free end, said press bar being
pivotally connected to said housing,
c) a metal press plate remote from said free end of said
press bar for normally biasing said press bar in an open
position, wherein said metal press plate is secured to said press
bar,
d) a heating unit,
e) a source of current, and
f) circuitry electrically connecting said heating unit and
said source of current, wherein said circuitry is normally in an
open state,
wherein when said free end of said press bar is pivoted
downwardly said metal press plate switches said circuit from an
open state to a closed state.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting claim 44 are:
Chou (‘123) 5,142,123 Aug. 25, 1992
Netherlands (‘359) 542,359 Nov. 14, 1955
Taiwanese (‘687) 040,687 Apr. 01, 1988
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