Dilg v. George Borgfeldt & Co.

NOYES, Circuit Judge.

The patentees at the commencement of their specification thus describe the subject-matter of their claimed invention;

“Our invention relates to a cleaning and polishing machine adapted for use primarily for renovating articles of small size, as knives, forks, etc., or other cutlery-ware, and has for its object the provision of a machine of the class described simple in construction, inexpensive in manufacture, and efficient in j>ractical use.”

The claim in question reads as follows:

“1. In a cutlery-polishing machine, the following elements: Shafts of two rotatable cleaning…