American Fruit Machinery Co. v. Robinson
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; J. Whitaker Thompson, Judge. Suit in equity by Henry Robinson against the American Fruit Machinery Company. Decree for complainant, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In the court below the plaintiff, Henry Robinson, charged the American Fruit Machinery Company with infringing patent No. 942,932, granted to him December 14, 1909, for a vegetable paring machine. That court, in an opinion reported at 216 Fed. 179, held the patent valid and infringed. From a decree in accord therewith defendant appealed.
Prior to the patent in suit potato paring machines of high excellence had been patented by complainant and others. Some such machines were before this court in American Co. v. Robinson Co., 191 Fed. 723, 112 C. C. A. 313. Their…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- American Fruit Machinery Co. v. Robinson Mach. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1911
- Robinson v. American Fruit Machinery Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1914