American Valve & Meter Co. v. Fairbanks
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Suit in equity by the American Valve & Meter Company and Edward E. Johnson against Fairbanks, Morse & Co. and the Sheffield Car Company. Decree for defendants, and complainants appeal.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Suit in equity by the American Valve & Meter Company and Edward E. Johnson against Fairbanks, Morse & Co. and the Sheffield Car Company. Decree for defendants, and complainants appeal. Appellants failed in their suit to enjoin the alleged infringement of claims 1, 11, 21, and 38 of patent No. 818,968, issued April 24, 1906, ta Johnson, and claim 1 of patent No. 798,406, issued August 29, 1905, to Foster, hoth for improvements in railway water columns. Johnson’s general statement…
1Opinion of the CourtBaker, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). In single main track days tenders were supplied with water from tanks at the side of the right of way. A pipe projected horizontally from the tank near the bottom. Over the pipe was hinged a spout which normally stood upright. This spout could be pulled down and a valve operated to discharge water into the hole of a properly placed tender.
When double main tracks became common, inconvenience and delay resulted from taking water from the tank at one side of the tracks; and soon came the “railway water column.” In this a water main led to' a standpipe or…
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