Simmons v. Standard Oil Co. of New York
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York
This was a suit by William .W. Simmons and John L. Wellford against the Standard Oil Company of New York and the Acme Oil Company for infringement of a patent. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, District Judge.
This is an equity suit for infringement of letters patent No. 439,142, dated October- 28, 1890, application filed February 8, 1890, granted to Frank Glankler, for an improvement in barrel-hooping machines. The patent is for an improvement on a machine , covered by a prior patent, No. 420,683, granted to the same inventor February 4, 1890, application filed October 10, 1888. In the earlier of these patents (No. 420,683) the inventor recites that prior to his invention there was no machine capable of driving the end or chine hoop of a barrel. This hoop being thin, flaring,…
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