Wells v. Curtis
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Northern District of Ohio. This was a bill in equity by Boderick P. Curtis and Louis B. Curtis against Willett 0. Wells for infringement of certain patents. The circuit court entered a decree for complainants, and defendant took this appeal.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western Division of the Northern District of Ohio. This was a bill in equity by Boderick P. Curtis and Louis B. Curtis against Willett 0. Wells for infringement of certain patents. The circuit court entered a decree for complainants, and defendant took this appeal. The bill in this case was filed by the appellees to restrain the appellant from the alleged infringement by him of .the rights secured to William D. Forbes by letters patent No. 253,996, bearing date February 21, 1882, for an “improvement in screw-cutting dies”; and also of…
1Opinion of the CourtSeverens, District Judge
The advantage claimed for the Forbes patent is that the cylindrical casing performs the function in the combination of furnishing a bearing for the die-carrying ring, and thereby more rigidly holding the die ring to a right line in its forward movement upon the material on which it operates. It is claimed that this was a weak point in former machines. It is material to observe that the invention claimed is not of the specific device in providing the casing as a bearing for the ring, but is of the combination of certain described elements, of which that is one. This amounts to a disclaimer of…
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- Peters v. Active Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1889
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