Legal Opinion
Rainear v. Western Tube Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 6, 1908No. 47PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge.
In the court below, the Western
Tube Company, the owner of patent No. 640,197 to Alfred M. Hewlett for a pipe coupling brought suit for infringement thereof against Charles W. Rainear. That court decreed the patent valid and the three claims thereof infringed. From such decree Rainear appealed. This patent concerns what are called “unions” or pipe coupling, which in steam and water practice are liable to be often opened. A union is a coupling nut, provided at one end with an internal shoulder, adapted to engage a pipe, called a spud, sleeved through the nut and…
2Cited by4 opinions
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- Fowler v. Honorbilt Products, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1941
- Sinclair Refining Co. v. Martin & Schwartz, Inc.District Court, W.D. New York · 1935