Legal Opinion
Otis Elevator Co. v. Portland Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 1, 1903No. 474PublishedCited by 14 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Maine.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
This suit is for infringement of claims 1 and 2 of letters patent No. 453,955, dated June 9, 1891, to Norman C. Bassett, assignor to the Hydraulic Elevator Company. The opinion of the Circuit Court is. reported in 1x9 Fed. 928. The patent relates to means for actuating the stopping and starting or controlling mechanism of an elevator from the traveling cage. The claims are as follows:
“(1) A device for operating the stopping and starting mechanisms of an elevator, consisting of two cables or cable-sections hanging in the well adjacent to the path of the cage from fixed…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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