Application of Kurt Hugo Folke Lundberg

WORLEY, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the rejection by the Primary Examiner of claims 1 to 5, inclusive, which are the •only claims of appellant’s application for a patent on a flow control valve.

Claims 1 and 5 are representative and read :

“1. A flow-control valve comprising a valve body having a flow passage through it and a cylindrical chamber formed transversely across it, and a rectangular plate valve member disposed diametrically in and rockable about the axis of said •chamber, the flow-obstructing portions…