Camp Bros. & Co. v. Portable Wagon Dump & Elevator Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Southern District of Illinois. Suit by the Portable Wagon Dump & Elevator Company against Camp Bros. & Co. From a decree for complainant, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ALSCHULER, Circuit Judge.
[1] The decree appealed from found valid and infringed claim 1 of appellee’s patent, No. 684,064, issued October 8, 1901, to I. N. Inks. The patent', as stated in the application therefor, “relates to wagon dumps or devices for elevating, one end óf the wagon to such an extent that the contents of the bed will fall out at the other end.” In the ’80’s and ’90’s there seems to have been a growing demand for a portable device usable on tire farm, whereby the farm wagon loaded with grain might be readily dumped, and the load lifted by power (usually horse power) into…
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