Ries v. Barth Mfg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Appellants’ bill for infringement of letters patent No. 356,963, February 1, 1887, to Ries, was dismissed for want of equity.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Appellants’ bill for infringement of letters patent No. 356,963, February 1, 1887, to Ries, was dismissed for want of equity. The claims relied on are these: “(4) An electric-current transmitting or circuit closing apparatus provided with a primary lever for closing an electric circuit, a secondary lever arranged to be operated to gradually increase the flow of current through the said circuit, and actuating mechanism designed to automatically operate the secondary lever to increase the current strength…
1Opinion of the CourtBaker, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts). The general nature and the object of Ries’s invention are thus stated in the specification:
“This invention relates to certain improvements in circuit-closing apparatus, whereby the actuating-eurrent to the brake or other devices is applied gradually and with continuously increasing strength, so as not to subject said devices to the rapid wear and tear due to the sudden strain upon them when, as has heretofore been customary in operating such apparatus, the entire strength of the current is applied at once.
“It further relates to certain improvements whereby the…
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