Clipper Belt Lacer Co. v. E-W Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan; Arthur J. Tuttle, Judge. " Suit in equity by the Clipper Belt Lacer Company against the E-W Company and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals. The appellant brought suit below, alleging infringement of patent No. 806,556, dated December 5, 1905, issued to Mitchell and Gunn, for a belt stapling tool.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan; Arthur J. Tuttle, Judge. " Suit in equity by the Clipper Belt Lacer Company against the E-W Company and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals. The appellant brought suit below, alleging infringement of patent No. 806,556, dated December 5, 1905, issued to Mitchell and Gunn, for a belt stapling tool. The first claim of the patent is: “A tool or appliance for the purposes referred to, comprising a bracket formed with a stepped portion integral with the bracket, and having a series of slits…
1Opinion of the CourtDenison, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The patented device is very simple. If only one staple is considered the device is seen to be a mere driving guide of suitable shape, and its *604patentability would be, at least, doubtful; but the invention consists in providing a series of these, side by side, so that several staples can be driven at once and will be held and driven in that precise position necessary to bring all the extended loops in lateral alignment so that when the two. belt ends are united and a pivot pin inserted, every loop will bear on the pin. This might have been done by inserting…
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