Legal Opinion
Crompton & Knowles Loom Works v. Stafford Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided June 25, 1913No. 145, Equity. (C. C. 653.)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Equity. Suit by the Crompton & Knowles Loom Works against the Stafford Company. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
[1] The bill charges infringement of letters patent to Harry W. Smith, No. 692,935, February 11, 1902, for Weft Replenishing Mechanism for looms. Claims 13 and 14 are in issue:
“13. In a loom the following instrumentalities: a filling-changing mechanism, a lay, a detecting mechanism including two feeler-fingers adapted to enter the shuttle and feel for the filling, and mechanical means under control of said feeler-fingers for operating the filling-changing mechanism to supply fresh filling when that in the shuttle has become nearly exhausted.
“14. In a loom the following…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- United States v. FiskSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Steward v. American Lava Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909
- United Wireless Telegraph Co. v. National Electric Signaling Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1912
3Cited by2 opinions
- Merry Manufacturing Company v. Burns Tool CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1962
- Crompton & Knowles Loom Works v. Stafford Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1914