New Departure Mfg. Co. v. Sargent & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut. This cause comes here upon appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court, district of Connecticut, dismissing*a bill for infringement of United States letters patent No. 471,983, granted March 29, 1892, to Edward Dayton Rockwell for a “bell.”'
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The specification states that it is the object of the invention to produce an improved bell that can be operated without' the use of springs, and can be caused to emit a continuous ringing sound resembling that of an electric bell — “a clearer sounding' bell” than those of the same class ordinarily used. “In accomplishing this object,” says the patentee, “I provide within a gong a' centrally pivoted swinging arm that extends nearly the length, of the-diameter of the gong, and carries one or more loosely pivoted strikers.' I also provide a lug upon the side of’the gong,…
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