Adamson v. Gilliland
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS POR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a suit brought by the petitioner for the infringement of a patent for a vulcanizing device, “including a vulcanizing member constructed to retain a combustible fluid upon and in contact with its upper surface, the lower, surface of the vulcanizing member being adapted to be applied to the material to be vulcanized.” In other words, the upper side of the upper of two sheets of metal, between which, when heated, the material is to be vulcanized, is fashioned as a cup in which gasoline can be burned to heat it. The specific character of the machine has made of it a valuable success. The…
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