Horton Mfg. Co. v. White Lily Mfg. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Indiana; Albert B. Anderson, Judge. In Equity. Suit by the White Eily Manufacturing Company against the Horton Manufacturing Company. Decree for complainant, and defendant appeals. Appellee brought suit for infringement of its patent, No. 863,120, granted to A. F. Victor on August 13, 1907, on application filed May 29, 1907, for improvements In gearing for washing machines.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Indiana; Albert B. Anderson, Judge. In Equity. Suit by the White Eily Manufacturing Company against the Horton Manufacturing Company. Decree for complainant, and defendant appeals. Appellee brought suit for infringement of its patent, No. 863,120, granted to A. F. Victor on August 13, 1907, on application filed May 29, 1907, for improvements In gearing for washing machines. Validity and infringement were decreed by the District Court. The device of the patent employs the ordinary welLknown means for obtaining oscillatory…
1Opinion of the CourtKohlsaat, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above).
[1] In support of its claims, appellee sets up the end accomplished, viz., the adjustment of the parts of its device in such a manner as* to produce a lever operated gear arrangement which relieves the tub cover of the load imposed by .the prior art and provides a detachable connection between the lid-with its stirrer-shaft and driving arm on the one hand, and the lever with its fly-wheel, speeding gear, and other heavy operating parts on the other hand. In practice it often becomes necessary to lift the tub lid in order to put in or take oút articles, and…
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