Application of Hans Fleissner

MARTIN, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the Examiner’s rejection of claims 7-10 of appellant’s application for patent for improvements in a “Sieve Drum Drying Machine.” Counsel for appellant withdrew the appeal as to claim 10 at the oral argument and the appeal accordingly is dismissed as to that claim.

Claim 7 is illustrative of the claims on appeal and reads as follows:

“7. A drying machine for drying fibre material, fabrics and the like, comprising a drying chamber, two groups of sieve drums arranged the one above…