Legal Opinion
Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Metropolitan Electric Mfg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 3, 1922No. 227PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from- the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York Suit by the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company against the Metropolitan Electric Manufacturing Company. From an interlocutory decree, holding valid and infringed claims 5, 6, 7, 10, and 12 of the Kries patent, No. 1,224,880, dated May 1, 1917, for an 'electric switch and fuse box, and ordering a reference (278 Fed. 666), defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, Circuit Judge.
In view of the clear description of the patent and the full recital of the claims in Judge Garvin’s opinion, we need only refer to claim 5 as illustrative of the invention. That claim reads: . ,, , - ' .
“5. The combination, with a casing having a door hinged thereto, of fuse terminals in one part of the casing accessible when the door is open and inaccessible when the door is closed, supply terminals and live switch contacts in another part of the casing, a bander within the casing preventing access to said. supply terminals and switch contacts when the door is open,…
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