Monitor Stove & Range Co. v. L. J. Mueller Furnace Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Bill by the Monitor Stove & Range Company against the U. J. Mueller Furnace Company. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals. Suit to enjoin infringement of patent No. 933,128, to Robert F. Short, for hot-air heater, and patent No. 1,133,242, to William J. Doyle and J. J. Wollenhaupt, for a furnace.
1Opinion of the Court
EVAN A. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
[1] Appellant, as assignee of patentees’ rights, charged appellee with infringing claim 1 of the Short patent, No. 933,128, and claims 1, 2, and 3 of the Doyle and Wollen-haupt patent, No. 1,133,242. The District Judge found the claims of both patents here involved to be invalid and dismissed the bill.
The Short patent, to quote from the specifications—
“relates to air-beating systems, and it bas particular reference to a heater which is depressed below the floor level; the upper surface of the heater being supported upon the floor and consisting of an open grate…
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