Crowe v. Oscar Barnett Foundry Co.

CROSS, District Judge.

[1] On February 19, 1901, Paul L,. Crowe, the complainant, obtained letters patent No. 668,495 for a grate and bar therefor. The patent has six claims,- the first two of which, by his bill of complaint herein, he alleges are valid and have been infringed by the defendant, and he prays, for the relief usually granted in equity in such cases. The claims in suit are as follows:

“1. A grate-bar comprising a body portion having a strengthening web beneath it, a fire bearing surface comprising a series of teeth formed by vertical corrugations upon the opposite sides of the…