Streator Cathedral Glass Co. v. Wire-Glass Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. This was a bill in equity instituted by the Wire-Glass Company, and the American Glass-Manufacturing Company, as assignee and licensee, respectively, of two patents granted to one Frank Shuman in 1892, — one for a process of making wire-glass, and the other for a machine for embedding wire-netting In glass, — against the Streator Cathedral Glass Company and others, for the infringement…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. This was a bill in equity instituted by the Wire-Glass Company, and the American Glass-Manufacturing Company, as assignee and licensee, respectively, of two patents granted to one Frank Shuman in 1892, — one for a process of making wire-glass, and the other for a machine for embedding wire-netting In glass, — against the Streator Cathedral Glass Company and others, for the infringement of these patents. Both patents were granted September 20, 1892. In his mechanical patent, No. 483,020, the patentee…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, Circuit Justice
(after stating the facts as above). 1. The object of this invention, as outlined in the specification, was to provide a practical method of introducing wire-netting into glass used for translucent roofing, such as skylights, court yards, conservatories, etc., as well as for vaults, pavements, and floor lights, or any similar places where strength is required, or where the sash is in such position that, if the glass should break, it would be liable to injure persons beneath it. “For instance,” as stated in the specification, “if the glass is used in skylights in railway depots or train sheds,…
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