Hillard v. Remington Typewriter Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit in equity by Frederic W. Hillard against the Remington Typewriter Company. From a decree holding valid and infringed claims numbered 8, 11, 12, and 15 of letters patent No. 791,420, granted to Frederic W. Hillard for improvements in typewriting machines, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judgé.
The patent in controversy was granted May 30, 1905, for an improvement in typewriters. It relates to line-locks, or,. in other words, -to the mechanism whereby the keys -are automatically locked, at a predetermined point in the line of print, to notify the operator of the approach of the end of the line and thus prevent him from printing the letters one over the other at that point.
The claims in question relate to the second of the improvements described in the patent, viz., the means for releasing the line-lock. The line-lock lever is mounted at the extreme left of the…
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