Application of Leon F. Miller

RICH, Judge.

This appeal is from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the rejection of claims 37 and 66 of appellant’s application serial No. 747,-474, filed July 9, 1958, entitled “Foundry Molding Machine and Method of Molding.” The appealed claims are directed to a machine. 41 claims stand allowed.

Appellant’s invention relates to the making of foundry sand molds by compressing molding sand about a pattern in a molding machine and the invention, more specifically, is a part of such a machine having improved means for compacting the sand. In such mold-making procedures…