Appeal 2007-1908
Application 10/442,950
1 disposed in front of the entrance of the storage section. The
2 motor 22 is decelerated in response to a deceleration signal then
3 obtained. Subsequently the slave shifter 24 would actuate
4 another limit switch 31. The motor 22 would be stopped in
5 response to a stop signal then obtained, and in this way the
6 return to an origin of the slave shifters 24 and 24' has been
7 completed. By this moment, the masterslave shifters 23-24 and
8 23'-24' take the relative position represented by solid lines in
9 FIG. 7. Also the arms 27 and 27' take the positions shown in
10 FIG. 5. The origin return positions of the slave shifters 24 and
11 24' are shown in FIG. 11(E).
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13 (Hirakawa, col. 5, ll. 40-65).
14 33. “On the other hand, the slave shifters 24 and 24' would move
15 from the position shown in FIG. 11(D) to the position shown in FIG.
16 11(E). Accordingly, the respective heads 3 - 6 and 3' - 6' are collected
17 in the storage section as shown in FIG. 11(E).” (Hirakawa, col. 5, l.
18 67-col. 6. l. 3).
19 34. “The master-slave shifters 23 - 24 and 23' - 24' start movement
20 in the rightward direction in order to search for the head designated by
21 a head number setter 36 in FIG. 14.” (Hirakawa, col. 6, ll. 14-17).
22 35. Subsequently, a setting instruction is transmitted from the
23 digital control panel 33. When this instruction has been
24 transmitted, the heads 3 and 4 and the master-slave shifter 23-
25 24, and the heads 3' and 4' and the master-slave shifter 23'-24',
26 respectively, start movement jointly towards a setting region (in
27 the leftward direction).
28
29 (Hirakawa, col. 6, ll. 27-33).
30 36. “Thereafter, the master-slave shifters 23-24 and 23'-24' start
31 movement in the leftward direction for setting the heads 3 and 3',
32 respectively.” (Hirakawa, col. 6, ll. 63-65).
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