Appeal No. 2006-1252 Page 3
Application No. 10/310,886
Whitmore, the primary reference relied upon by the examiner in rejecting all
of the claims on appeal, discloses a monitoring system that permits an operator to
observe on a visual display operating data for a plurality of dispensing devices.
The fluid dispensing monitoring system includes a plurality of dispensing devices
10, such as fluid spray guns, the operation of each such device being individually
controllable by a respective machine control circuit 12, and a monitor control
circuit 14 for detecting and converting to electrical signals at least one
characteristic or parameter of the operation of the devices. The monitor control 14
may provide warning or alarm signals to the machine control 12. The monitor
control 14 provides the corresponding signal that is representative of the parameter
being monitored to a respective operator control circuit 16 across a suitable
network 18, thus permitting an operator to monitor the dispensing device 10
operation from a location that is remote from the dispensing device.
Whitmore’s operator control 16 includes a visual display 20 such as a color
monitor connected to a personal computer and an operator interface 30 such as a
keyboard, mouse and so forth for data input such as is needed for configuring the
system or updating and making changes. At least one screen or window of the
visual representation of the operator control 16 will allow the operator to select and
group data for a plurality of dispensing devices 10 to observe simultaneously.
Coded faceplates are provided to visually alert an operator to a fault condition. For
example, a faceplate may be framed in red to indicate a fault condition and
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