Appeal No. 2006-0593 Page 2
Application No. 09/895,611
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a machine used to rotate the mold of a capital
for an architectural column in the process of manufacturing a capital from elastomers
and foams or elastomer-foam combinations (present specification, page 1). A copy of
the claims under appeal is set forth in the appendix to the appellant's brief. Independent
claims 3 and 6 are illustrative of appellant’s invention and read as follows.
3. A machine for manufacturing a capital for an architectural
column, which comprises:
a shaft;
a means for rotating said shaft about a first axis,
wherein said shaft extends substantially symmetrically about
a point of rotation for the first axis;
a means for rotating said shaft about a second axis
that is substantially orthogonal to said first axis;
a means for rotating said shaft about a third axis that
is substantially orthogonal both to the first axis and to the
second axis; and
a releasable connector attached to said shaft for
connecting a mold to said shaft.
6. A machine for manufacturing a capital for an architectural
column, which comprises:
a shaft;
a means for rotating said shaft about a first axis;
a means for rotating said shaft about a second axis
that is substantially orthogonal to said first axis;
a means for rotating said shaft about a third axis that
is substantially orthogonal both to the first axis and to the
second axis; and
a releasable connector attached to said shaft for
connecting a mold to said shaft.
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