Brown v. Crane Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. On final hearing appellant’s bill to enjoin appellee’s alleged infringement of letters patent No. 513,998, February 6, 1894, to Grant, assignor, was dismissed for want of equity. Brown v. Crane Co. (C. C.) 125 Fed. 34. The patent is for a core-making machine.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. On final hearing appellant’s bill to enjoin appellee’s alleged infringement of letters patent No. 513,998, February 6, 1894, to Grant, assignor, was dismissed for want of equity. Brown v. Crane Co. (C. C.) 125 Fed. 34. The patent is for a core-making machine. The claim alleged to have been infringed is the third, as follows: “(3) A core-making machine consisting of a hopper, F, located adjacent to and supplying material to a tube, D, having within it a worm, E, for forcing…
1Opinion of the CourtBaker, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Cores were made by hand from the beginning to the introduction of appellant’s machine. The machines, as we understand, are not used to manufacture cores for sale, but are themselves sold to foundries to supersede therein the hand-making of the required cores. Down to 1903 appellant placed about 350. The advantages of the machine method are not questioned.
As early as 1859 Tiffany produced a tile-making machine, the description of which may he read upon appellant’s claim 3 as follows:
“A tile-making machine consisting of a hopper, F, located adjacent to and…
2Cited by1 opinion
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