McCormick Harvesting Mach. Co. v. Minneapolis Harvester Works

"NelsoN, J.

This is a suit in equity, brought, under section 4915 of the Itevised Statutes of the United States, by the complainant, to whom a patent on application was refused by the commissioner of patents, praying a decree that he is entitled, according to law, to receive a patent for his invention relating to improvements in grain-binders, as specified in the following claim:

“In combination with tlie knotter, a cord-holder, mounted on a swinging frame, pivoted as described, to oppose its weight to the stress of the cord, a projecting arm from said frame, and a earn upon a revolving shaft,…