Legal Opinion
Griswold v. Wagner
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 10, 1895No. 303PublishedCited by 7 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Southern District of Ohio. This was a bill by Matthew Griswold against W. H. Wagner and others for infringement of a patent relating to waffle irons. The circuit court dismissed the bill (65 Fed. 518), and complainant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
LURTON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves the validity of the first three claims of letters patent No. 229,280, to Selden and Gris-*495wold, issued June 29, 1880, for improvements in waffle irons. These claims are:
“(1) In a waffle iron, tlie liing'e upon wliicli the pan opens, provided with one of the journals or jfivots on which the pan is related. (2) The journals or pivots on which the pan rotates, formed apon or connected, one with the hinge upon which the pan opens, and the other on the bundle for rotating and opening said pan. (R) The waffle-iron frame or ring, provided with the…
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