Legal Opinion
Cleveland Faucet Co. v. Syracuse Faucet Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York
Decided November 9, 1896PublishedCited by 2 opinions
This Was a suit in equity by the Cleveland Faucet Company against the Syracuse Faucet Company for alleged infringement of a patent for improvements in hydraulic air pumps.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, District Judge.
This action is founded upon letters patent,-.No. 504,097, granted to Edward H. Weatherhead, August 29, 1898, for improvements in hydraulic air pumps. It is not pretended that, this is a primary patent. The specification expressly states that the invention is for improvements upon the pump of a prior patent granted to Weatherhead, October 7,1890. It says, further:
“My invention relates to hydraulic air pumps of the variety in which hydraulic pressure is automatically controlled to compress air or to force the same under pressure into a receptacle or chamber, and to this end…
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