Appeal 2007-1908
Application 10/442,950
1 said shifter to leave it when it reaches a desired position, and
2 repeating the aforementioned operations as described above, the
3 number of the shifters can be reduced to one at the minimum.
4
5 (Hirakawa, col. 2, ll. 7-15).
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7 26. The hold-release means operates in the direction for separating
8 from the head to release the same head, and thus the setting at
9 the first setting point is completed. Nextly, the reciprocating
10 means on the master shifter operates to advance the slave shifter
11 and the hold-release means provided thereon by a
12 predetermined distance so that the hold-release means may be
13 opposed to the head to be conveyed and set secondly. Then the
14 hold-release means is actuated towards the head to hold the
15 same. Subsequently, the movement of the master shifter is
16 restarted, and soon the master shifter is brought in contact with
17 the slave shifter. Thereafter the masterslave shifter and the head
18 move jointly towards a second setting point, and when they
19 come to the second setting point the head is set in a similar
20 manner to the first head.
21
22 (Hirakawa, col. 2, ll. 33-48).
23 27. [T]he positioning apparatus according to the present invention
24 is constructed in such manner that at each setting point firstly
25 the master-slave shifter stops, a head to be set there is released,
26 then only the slave shifter advances by a predetermined
27 distance and holds a head to be set subsequently, and finally the
28 master-slave shifter advances jointly. In other words, before
29 start of movement of the master shifter the head to be set
30 subsequently is held by the slave-shifter.
31
32 (Hirakawa, col. 2, ll. 53-61).
33 28. [A]fter the master-slave shifter has stopped, the hold-release
34 means on the slave shifter having been actuated to release the
35 head to be set there, and thus the setting of the head has been
36 completed, the reciprocating means on the master shifter
37 operates to advance only the slave shifter by a predetermined
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