Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. v. Metropolitan Electric Mfg. Co.

GARVIN, District Judge.

This is an action in equity, brought to restrain defendant from infringing claims 5, 6, 7, 10 and 12 of the Kries patent No. 1,224,880, issued May 1, 1917, covering an electric switch and fuse box. These claims read as follows:

“5. The combination with a casing having a door hinged thereto, of fuse terminals in one part of the casing accessible when the door is open and inaccessible when the door is closed, supply terminals and live switch contacts in another part of the casing, a barrier within the casing preventing access to said supply terminals and switch contacts…