Package Machinery Co. v. Johnson Automatic Sealer Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan; Arthur J. Tuttle, Judge. Suit in equity by the Package Machinery Company against the Johnson Automatic Sealer Company. Decree for defendant, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.
Suit by appellant for infringement of United States patent No. 1,066,193, to Ferguson, applied for February 5, 1909, issued July 1, 1913. The patent relates to a machine for sealing the flaps and overlapping ends of a package-wrapper impregnated with paraffine or other readily fusible substance. The operation consists in melting the wax at the overlapping parts by heating, and causing them to adhere through pressure. The defense assails the’validity of the claims in suit, as well as Ferguson’s inventorship.
[1] The alleged invention grew out of the construction by Thomas…
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