Application of John L. Margaroli and Earl J. Hesse

MARTIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Patent Office Board of Appeals affirming the examiner’s rejection of claims 1 and 2 of appellants’ application Serial No. 647,130, filed March 19, 1957 for MACHINE FOR FEEDING DATE TO A PITTING MACHINE. Two claims have been allowed.

The appealed claims read:

“1. A machine adapted to orient dates and the like, which are haphazardly grouped together, into a position where they are separated from each other and similarly positioned with their major axes vertically disposed and to feed said dates to a pitting device comprising a hopper to…