Woods v. Poor

This is an appeal in an interference case from the decision of the Commissioner of Patents.

The counts of the issue disclose the structure of the invention, and read as follows:

“1. A side bearing for railway cars, comprising a casing or shell which has openings in its top and bottom, and a roller in said shell adapted for rolling contact through said openings with bearing surfaces; said casing or shell being provided with tracks located in position to support the roller when the latter is below and free from the upper bearing surface, and the said roller having free movement in the shell, both…