Otis Elevator Co. v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from tHe District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The following is the opinion of Hunt, Circuit Judge, in the lower court: Claim 3 of the patent in suit reads as follows: “In a switch, the combination of a plurality of contacts, a plurality of contact arms provided with contacts co-operating therewith, and means for successively actuating said contact arms, said means consisting of a movable member provided with bearing surfaces of…
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Appeal from tHe District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The following is the opinion of Hunt, Circuit Judge, in the lower court: Claim 3 of the patent in suit reads as follows: “In a switch, the combination of a plurality of contacts, a plurality of contact arms provided with contacts co-operating therewith, and means for successively actuating said contact arms, said means consisting of a movable member provided with bearing surfaces of varying lengths upon which the contact arms are adapted to bear, and electro-magnetic means for actuating said member, for…
1Per curiam
The decree is affirmed, upon the opinion of Judge Hunt.
On Petition for Reave to Amend Decree.
Petition for le.ave to apply to District Court to amend decree finding infringement and ordering accounting, which decree was recently affirmed by this court.
W. Clyde Jones and Arthur B. Seibold, both of Chicago, Ill., for appellants.
PER CURIAM. It was proved to the satisfaction of the District Court and of this court that the Cutler-IIammer Company had made and sold controllers like Exhibit F and that such controllers infringed the patent, hinder the present decree, in the opinion of a majority of…
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