Hall v. Wiles
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
This was an action on the case [by Alfred Hall against John Wiles] tried before Nelson, Circuit Justice, for the infringement of letters patent [No. 2,768], granted to the plaintiff on the 3d of September, 1842, for an “improvement in the construction of the brick-press.” 2 The points raised on the trial are stated in the charge of the court. [Drawings of patent No. 2,76S, published from the records of the United States patent office.]
1Opinion of the Court
NELSON, Circuit Justice,
(charging the jury). The patentee’s description of his invention sets it forth with great particularity and clearness, and models have been produced which render it perfectly intelligible. After describing the various parts of this machine, the patentee closes, as is usual, with a specification of the particular things which he claims to have invented.
The first is, the segment slides, acted on by springs, in combination with the platen and hopper, constructed and arranged as described in the specification. The object of this contrivance is, to close the slot in the end…
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