Garland v. Quinn
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States- for the Northern District of Ohio; John M. Killits, Judge. Suit in equity by Nelson J. Quinn against Edward Garland and the Federal Sign System Electric Company. Decree for complainant, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Suit for infringement of United States patent No. 1,099,715 to Myers, June 19, 1914, on light controllers. The device of the patent is specially adapted to automobiles; its objects are to increase light intensity and decrease objectionable light dispersion. These objects are accomplished by silvering the lower portion (about one-half) of the ordinary electric light bulb seated in the usual spherical or parabolic reflector, whereby the light is projected from one side of the silvered part of the bulb, acting as a reflector, toward the opposite side of the main reflector,…
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