Legal Opinion
Kip-Armstrong Co. v. Mills
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Decided April 20, 1904No. 1,476PublishedCited by 1 opinion
In Equity. Suit for infringement of letters patent No. 595,688 for a warp stop-motion for looms, granted to William H. Baker, December 21, 1897. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
HAEE, District Judge.
This suit in equity involves the construction- and alleged infringement of a patent to William H. Baker, No. 595,688^ dated December 21, 1897, for a warp stop-motion for looms. The fifth claim of the patent is in issue. It is as follows:
“(5) In an electrical warp stop-motion for looms, the combination with the thread-supported circuit-closers, of a rotary contact-bar for said circuit-closers to engage, a circuit embracing said bar and closers, and electrically-controlled clutch-shipping mechanism.”
The specification describes the invention as follows:
“This invention…
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