New England Motor Co. v. B. F. Sturtevant Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal from a decree of the circuit court, Southern District of New York'finding infringement of two patents for improvements in the frames of motors or generators. The first patent is to James Burke, August 22, 1899, No. 031,518, upon an application filed December 27, 1898; the first and third claims only being relied upon.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal from a decree of the circuit court, Southern District of New York'finding infringement of two patents for improvements in the frames of motors or generators. The first patent is to James Burke, August 22, 1899, No. 031,518, upon an application filed December 27, 1898; the first and third claims only being relied upon. The second patent is to Donald M. Bliss, No. 669,574, March 12, 1901, upon an application filed February 19, 1900; the first, second, and fifth claims only…
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The Burke patent states that the invention relates to electric motors or generators, and “has particular reference to the frames thereof.” It proceeds as follows:
“The object of the invention is to construct a machine in which the armature shall be concentrically placed in the magnetic field in perfectly-aligned bearings, which latter shall be permanent and not liable to displacement by use of the machine or other cause. In machines heretofore constructed much difficulty has been experienced by reason of the bearings becoming displaced with respect to the frame, thereby…
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