Gottfried v. Crescent Brewing Co.

Gresham, D. J.

Letters patent No. 42,580 were issued to J. F. T. Holbeck and M. Gottfried, May 3, 1864, for a new and improved mode of pitching barrels. This suit was brought by the plaintiff, as assignee and owner of the patent, against the defendant for infringement, and for an injunction and account. The invention consists in preparing casks for receiving pitch or other melted substance, which will render them impervious, by introducing into the casks a blast of highly-heated air. The mechanism described in the patent consists of a furnace with a vertical central opening and grate-bars near…