Terry Steam Turbine Co. v. B. F. Sturtevant Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts; Geo. H. Bingham, Judge. Suit in equity by the Terry Steam Turbine Company against the B. F Sturtevant Company. From the decree, both parties appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This case involves, in one way or another, the entire art of what is called steam turbine engines, though for present practical purposes, it relates not to all classes of turbine engines, but only to an engine in which a revolving motion is produced by a steam jet playing upon the vanes set on an axle, and thus converting the direct effect of the steam into a revolving motion.
What are called turbine engines are now classified into two distinct larger classes, each producing mechanical effects like the water turbine—one produced by the power of expansive steam restrained,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- International Curtis Marine Turbine Co. v. William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Bldg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1912
- International Curtis Marine Turbine Co. v. William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Bldg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1914