Cushman Paper Box Mach. Co. v. Goddard
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. This was a suit in equity by the Cushman Paper Box Machine Company against Harry W. Goddard and others for alleged infringement of claim 1 of letters patent No. 364,161, issued May 31, 1887, to George H. Cushman, for an improvement in paper-box machines.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. This was a suit in equity by the Cushman Paper Box Machine Company against Harry W. Goddard and others for alleged infringement of claim 1 of letters patent No. 364,161, issued May 31, 1887, to George H. Cushman, for an improvement in paper-box machines. The circuit court found that the defendants were not guilty of infringement, and accordingly dismissed the bill. 90 Fed. 727. From that decree the present appeal was taken.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This is a bill brought against alleged infringers of a patent issued to George H. Cushman, May 31, 1887, for improvements in paper-box machines. One claim only is in issue, which is as follows:
“In a machina for the manufacture of paper boxes, a box-rest for the box-body, and a presser-plate co-operating- therewith, pasters, and guides to hold the end blanks above said pasters, combined with a reciprocating feeder, substantially as described, whereby the pasted end blanks are automatically fed from the guides tó a position between the presser-plate and box-rest, to be…
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