Stilwell-Bierce & Smith-Vaile Co. v. Eufaula Cotton Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee. In Equity. Suit for infringement of letters patent No. 421,454, for a combined cooker and cake former for oil meal, granted February 18, 1900, to John H. Vaile and Daniel A. Tompkins. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
DAY, Circuit Judge.
This case involves the validity and infringement of letters patent No. 421,454, granted to John H. Yaile and D. A. Tompkins for a combined cooker and cake former for oil meal. The patent sets forth that the invention relates to that class of cookers and cake formers for cooking oil meal and forming it into cakes ready to be distributed into the presses for the extraction of the oil, having for its object the provision of novel means by which *411the cooking is rendered perfect and continuous, and the delivery of the cooked meal to the cake former is rendered as rapid and as…
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