In re Talley

SMYTH, Chief Justice.

Talley appeals from a decision of the Commissioner of Patents rejecting his application for a patent on a gear and the method by which it is made, filed May 15, 1917. He says the subject-matter of his invention is a gear of self-sustaining molded material, consisting of a metal hub or support having a central opening therein for securing the gear to a shaft or similar rotatable member. The periphery of the hub is roughened or knurled, and a working body portion of laminated material, consisting essentially • of fibrous sheet material impregnated with a phenolic…