Permutit Co. v. Harvey Laundry Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. Suit in equity for infringing of patent No. 1,195,923 by the Perrrmtit Company against the Harvey Laundry Company and another. Decree for plaintiff (274 Led. 937), and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
The appellee, by assignment, is the owner of the Gans patent, No. 1,195,923, dated August 22, 1916, for softer ing water. The Refinite Company is the manufacturer of an apparatus which, it is charged, infringes the patent in suit, and the appellant Harvey Laundry Company is a user of the apparatus.
Hardness of water in water supply varies. Water which comes in through the ground may carrj»- with it a high proportion of hardening constituents, and water which runs in on the top of the ground carries lil tie. As the proportion of the water supply from these sources varies,…
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