Legal Opinion
Scott & Williams, Inc. v. Hemphill Mfg. Co.
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided December 29, 1917PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Equity. Suit by Scott & Williams, Incorporated, against the Hemphill Manufacturing Company. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
Infringement is charged of claims 29, 30, 31, 32, and 36 of patent No. 649,021, May 8, 1900, to C. J. A. Wardwell, for improvements in knitting machines.
[1] The specification is a long document, of 26 pages, with 13 sheets of drawings. There are 42 .claims, directed to many details of the mechanism of a knitting machine which automatically knits a string of completely knitted stockings, each having a seamless heel and seamless toe, a foot and a leg.
Machines of this type are old. The foot and leg are knit in circular courses, or by round and round knitting, and the heel…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Mast, Foos & Co. v. Stover Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Robinson v. Tubular Woven Fabric Co.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1917
- Felt & Tarrant Mfg. Co. v. Mechanical Accountant Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island · 1904
3Cited by2 opinions
- Leishman v. Associated Wholesale Electric Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1941
- Troy Laundry Machinery Co. v. International Equipment Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1922