National Hat-Pouncing Machine Co. v. Thom

This bill is founded upon the alleged infringement of three several letters patent relating to hat-pouncing machines. The patent granted to Budolph Eickemeyer, dated November 23, 1869, and numbered 97,178, is the only one pressed at the hearing. Pouncing is that part of the process of finishing hats which consists in grinding off the rough surface of the wool or fur. Previous to the introduction of machinery, hat-pouncing was done hy hand. A round hole was cut in the workman’s bench, and the crown of the hat inserted therein, the brim resting upon the bench. The workman, taking in his hand a…