Mayo Knitting Machine & Needle Co. v. Jenckes Mfg. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island
In Equity. Suit for infringement of letters patent No. 363,528, issued May 24, 1887, and No. 461,357, issued October 13, 1891, each for a circular knitting machine, and granted to William H. Mayo and George D. Mayo; and No. 600,788, granted March 15, 1898, to Will R. Johns, and No. 600,761, granted March 15, 1898, to Arthur N. Ames, each for thread-feeding mechanism for knitting machines. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
The four patents sued upon are: Mayo, No. 363,528, May 24, 1887; Mayo, No. 461,357, October 13, 1891; Johns, No. 600,788, March 15,1898; Ames, No. 600,761, March 15, 1898.
The Mayo patents relate to circular knitting machines. The Johns and Ames patents are called the “Winder” patents, and relate to means for introducing an extra thread in knitting. In a circular knitting machine, the leg of the stocking is knitted in tubular form by means of a needle-cylinder and a cam-cylinder, the cams acting upon the needle-butts. To knit the heel, tubular knitting is suspended, about…
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