Roth v. Harris
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. On appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court for the Northern-District of New York holding valid and infringed letters patent No. '¡'65,240, granted to Adam Hobart, July 19, 1904, for improvements in tune-sheet attachments for auto-pneumatic pianos. The application was filed May 21, 1904. The opinion below is reported in (C. C.) 162 Ted. 160.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The invention of Hobart relates to a tune-sheet attachment, which is separable from the piano case and permits tune-sheets to be inserted readily. When the attachment is secured to the case a true engagement is at once established between the tune-sheet and the duct bridge and, simultaneously, the tune-sheet feed roller is intergeared with the driving shaft. The specification states that the invention consists in providing an auto-pneumatic piano, or piano player, with a box containing the tune-sheet and rollers, which is separable from the piano case. When this box is…
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