Legal Opinion
Vacuum Cleaner Co. v. American Rotary Valve Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 30, 1915PublishedCited by 10 opinions
In Equity. Suit by the Vacuum Cleaner Company against the American Rotary Valve Company for infringement of claims 1, 2, 3, and 4 of United States letters patent No. 847,947, dated March 19, 1907, application filed November 29, 1901, and the single claim of United States letters patent No. 847,948, application filed March 16, 1903, each for “apparatus for removing dust.” For convenience, the patents will be called the first patent and the second patent. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, District Judge.
The object of the first patent is stated in the specification as follows:
“The object of the Invention is to provide an apparatus by which the cleaning or removing of dust may be accomplished with ease and dispatch and to practically clean any suitable surface, object, or article from every adhering particle of dust or dirt which can be removed. In the present invention suction is utilized, so that the dust or dirt is sucked into the apparatus and entirely removed from the compartment or room in which the dust was originally. The apparatus employed comprises in…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Vacuum Cleaner Co. v. Thompson Mfg. Co.District Court, S.D. Iowa · 1919
- Minnesota & Ontario Paper Co. v. Eibel Process Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1921
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