Menasha Wood Split Pulley Co. v. Dodge
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Eastern District of Wisconsin. This was a suit in equity by William W. Dodge, Melville W. Mix, and tbe Dodge Manufacturing Company against tbe Menasba Wood Split Pulley Company and others, for alleged infringement of letters patent No. 260,462, issued July 4, 1882, to Wallace H. Dodge and George Pbilion, for an improvement in separable pulleys.
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of tbe United States for tbe Eastern District of Wisconsin. This was a suit in equity by William W. Dodge, Melville W. Mix, and tbe Dodge Manufacturing Company against tbe Menasba Wood Split Pulley Company and others, for alleged infringement of letters patent No. 260,462, issued July 4, 1882, to Wallace H. Dodge and George Pbilion, for an improvement in separable pulleys. Tbe circuit court entered an interlocutory order granting a preliminary injunction, and tbe defendants/ appealed. On November 29,1897, this court filed an opinion reversing tbe order below. 85…
1Opinion of the Court
SHOWALTEE, Circuit Judge.
Notwithstanding the earnest argument presented on this application, we still concur in tbe conclusion already announced. Since that argument is directed more especially against what was said in my individual opinion, I take this opportunity, entirely on my own account, of putting down certain impressions apparently not already made clear. Tbe patentees say in their specification:
“Heretofore separable pulleys have been made in parts fitted and bolted together prior to being bored and turned, and therefore they were fitted to the shaft and secured thereon in ordinary…
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- Dodge v. Fulton Pulley Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1898
- Dodge v. Menasha Wood Split-Pulley Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Dodge v. Ohio Valley Pulley WorksU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky · 1899