Louden Machinery Co. v. Janesville Hay Tool Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Wisconsin
In Equity. Suit for infringement of letters patent No. 434,544, granted August 19, 1890; No. 444,546, granted January 13, 1891; No. 493,216, granted March 7, 1893; No. 526,839, granted October 2, 1894; No. 539,524, granted May 21, 1895—all to William Louden, and relating to hay-carrier apparatus; No. 393,941, for a pulley, granted December 4, 1888, to J. Toney; and No. 490,738, for an adjustable stop device for hay-carriers, granted January 31, 1893, to John H. Burkholder.
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In Equity. Suit for infringement of letters patent No. 434,544, granted August 19, 1890; No. 444,546, granted January 13, 1891; No. 493,216, granted March 7, 1893; No. 526,839, granted October 2, 1894; No. 539,524, granted May 21, 1895—all to William Louden, and relating to hay-carrier apparatus; No. 393,941, for a pulley, granted December 4, 1888, to J. Toney; and No. 490,738, for an adjustable stop device for hay-carriers, granted January 31, 1893, to John H. Burkholder. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, District Judge.
These two cases involve the validity of seven patents for storing hay, covering the operation of unloading, elevating, moving, and dropping the hay, by means of a hay-sling, compressing pulleys, registering head locking the elevating apparatus to the carrier, stopping the carrier at the proper place, and releasing the load; also for suspending the carrier track to the roof of the hay barn. Large numbers of the various devices covered by the patents, in forms somewhat modified from the patent designs, have been sold by complainant, and the apparatus has been…
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