Peerless Rubber Mfg. Co. v. White

BRADFORD, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a final decree of the circuit court for the western district of Pennsylvania (111 Fed. 190), finding infringement by the Peerless Rubber Manufacturing Company, the appellant, of letters patent of the United States No. 337,100, granted to William White, Jr., the appellee, and dated March 2, 1886. The patent in suit is for “Improvements in Packings” and contains two claims, both of which are alleged to have been infringed. The description of the patent is as follows:

“This invention has relation to packings for pistons, valves, pipes, and for other…