Roberts v. Ryer
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New' York, The bill in this case was filed by the assignee of D; W. C. Sanford, alleging an infringement of a patent to Sanford for an improvement in refrigerators. The principal defence relied upon was the prior invention of Lyman. The Circuit Court, sustained this defence, and dismissed the bill. From this decree the complainant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Mb.. Chief Justice Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.
In • order that we may proceed intelligently in our inquiries as to the .validity of the patent presented for our consideration in this cáse, it is important to ascertain at the outset what it is • that has been patented.
Looking to the original patent, issued Nov. 13,1855, we find the invention is there- described as consisting “ of an improvement in refrigerators, whereby the whole of the contained air is kept' in continual rotation, purification, desiccation, and refrigeration, and with economy of ice; ” and that the inventor…
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