Gates Iron Works v. Fraser
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL EKOM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FQR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. At the March term, 1890, of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois the Gates Iron Works, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, filed its bill of complaint against David R. Fraser, Thomas Chalmers, and Hiram H. Scoville, alleging that' the said complainant was the sole owner of several letters patent of the United States,…
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APPEAL EKOM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FQR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. At the March term, 1890, of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois the Gates Iron Works, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Illinois, filed its bill of complaint against David R. Fraser, Thomas Chalmers, and Hiram H. Scoville, alleging that' the said complainant was the sole owner of several letters patent of the United States, namely, No. 56,793, issued to Henry Pearce, July 31, 1866; No. 201,646, issued to Charles M. Brown, March 26, 1878; No.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Shiras
The patents that are before us for consideration are for improvements in stone-crushing machines. We shall preface our discussion of the questions that arise by adopting from the brief of the plaintiff in error the following description of the final and perfected form of the machine, and which is claimed to embody the various inventions and improvements covered by the several patents:
“ The inventions of these various patents can be more readily understood by first understanding the construction of this type of stone-crushing machines which has become to be known as the gyratory type of stone…
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