In re Dawe

Three claims (being all the claims) of appellant’s application for patent on “ Improvement in tractor wheels ” were disallowed by *729the examiner, whose decision was affirmed by the Board of- Appeals of the Patent Office, patentability being denied in view of the prior art, and he has appealed same to this court. The claims read as follows:

5. A driving wheel for tractors and similar agricultural implements, comprising a series of annular plates of sinuous formation in relation to the plane of rotation, means for uniting said plates to a common center in the hub of the wheel, and means for…