Wilce v. Bush Temple of Music Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Appeal from a decree dismissing a bill for infringement of letters patent No. 531,711 for flooring, granted to Thomas Wilce and John P. Burnham, January 1, 1895. Appellants’ bill for infringements of letters patent No. 531,711, Jan. 1, 1895, to Wilce and another, for improvements in flooring, was dismissed for want of equity.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Appeal from a decree dismissing a bill for infringement of letters patent No. 531,711 for flooring, granted to Thomas Wilce and John P. Burnham, January 1, 1895. Appellants’ bill for infringements of letters patent No. 531,711, Jan. 1, 1895, to Wilce and another, for improvements in flooring, was dismissed for want of equity. The nature of the alleged invention is sufficiently described in the claims, which are as follows: “(1) In a floor, the combination of the joists with long…
1Opinion of the CourtBaker, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts). Down to quite recent times the usual way of putting flooring directly upon joists was this: The boards were tongued and grooved along the sides. The workman, having regard to knots or other defects and to the necessity of breaking joints properly with those of boards already laid, would saw off the particular board in hand at such a length that each end would extend to the middle of a joist. The floor, when laid, would then have to be smoothed of any unevenness at the joints.
The advantages of appellants’ method over the above are very great. Knots and split ends may…
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