Appeal 2007-0002
Application 10/188,485
ADDITIONAL FINDINGS OF FACT (FF)
We make the following additional enumerated findings of fact, which are
supported by at least a preponderance of the evidence.
7. Naramura discloses a sandwich preparation apparatus including an
automatic crown preparation section for automatically toasting crowns of buns, an
automatic heel preparation section for automatically toasting heels of buns, and an
automatic patty preparation section which automatically grills patties (Naramura,
col. 2, ll. 7-14).
8. Naramura discloses that the crown and heel preparation sections toast
the buns using a pair of heating plates (Naramura, col. 6, ll. 6-9 and col. 7, ll.
1-13).
9. Naramura discloses that the patty preparation section discharges
patties from a stocker 5 one by one and in sequence and a patty grilling device 6
heats or grills the patties (Naramura, col. 7, ll. 29-32).
10. Naramura discloses a conveying device which transfers the prepared
crowns, heels, and patties from their respective preparation sections to a manual
preparation section, at which point an operator assembles the sandwich (Naramura,
col. 2, ll. 17-20 and 41-47).
11. Naramura discloses that once an operator has completed manual
assembly of a sandwich, the operator presses LEDs corresponding to the
completed sandwich, the operation is inputted into a CPU 100, the CPU 100 sends
an output to turn off corresponding LEDs and activate a conveyor unit 9, and “[a]t
the same time, each preparation section works as stated above to replace the
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