Murphy v. Eastham
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Final hearing on pleadings and proofs. Suit brought [by Thomas E. Murphy and others against William W. Eastham and George G. Morris] upon letters patent [No. 9S,787] for an “improvement in brush-head,” granted to Francis, McLaughlin, January 11, 1S70. and assigned to complainants. The invention is fully described in the opinion, and is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which A represents the brush-head, and a, a, a, the band of rubber, with its projecting edge.
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPLEY, Circuit Judge.
Letters patent were issued to Francis McLaughlin on January 11, 1870, for an improved brush. The object of the invention was to obviate the danger of breaking glass and injuringthe surface of the wood or other substance to be washed or dusted by contact with the brush-head. To obvi- , ate this difficulty, the patentee put around the i brush-head or stock a circular band of rubber, in the form of a parallelogram or rhombus, with one of. its angles projecting outward, and near the bristles or washing material. A groove was made in the brush-head or stock near the…
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