Central Brass Mfg. Co. v. Republic Brass Co.

HICKS, Circuit Judge.

Suit by the Republic Brass Company, appellee and cross-appellant, against the Central Brass Manufacturing Company, appellant and cross-appellee, for infringement of reissued letters patent No. 17,034, July 17, 1928, to Leon Bloch for a “Four-Way Divert-er Valve.” Claims 1 and 2 only are involved.

The District Court held the patent valid and infringed. The Central Company appealed. The Republic Company also appealed from a decree of the District Court upon rehearing wherein the court held that certain diverter valves known as cross-appellant’s Exhibits DD and EE did not…