Palmer v. Jordan Mach. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York
In Equity. Suit by William B. Palmer and Jesse V. Palmer against the Jordan Machine Company for infringement of letters patent No. 878,995 for apparatus for inverting tubular fabrics, granted to William B. Palmer February 11, 1908. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
The patent in suit, No. 878,995, was granted to William B. Palmer February 11, 1908, on application filed December 5, 1905, after having been amended and rejected as to some of the claims in the Patent Office. Claims 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are in issue. The patent relates to “apparatus for inverting tubular fabrics”; that is, turning them inside out. The open end of the tubular fabric is placed upon a cylinder or roller of suitable size and properly supported, but at or near one end only, usually in a horizontal position, and the purpose of the mechanism, quite simple and…
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