National Glass Co. v. United States Glass Co.

ARCHBALD, District Judge.1

The subject of suit is a device for the fire-finishing or glazing of glassware, particularly tumblers. As they come from the mould, these articles look dull and greasy, and are sometimes marred or pitted with imperfections. The edges also are rough and sharp. To remedy this, they are subjected to a process known as “reheating,” “fire-finishing,” or “glazing,” by which by the melting of the surface exterior marks are removed, a luster imparted, and the rims or edges are melted down and rounded. By the hand method which was in vogue at the date of the patents in suit…