Watters v. Kny-Scheerer Corp.

COXE, District Judge.

This is a suit for infringement of the Watters patent, No. 1,597,129, issued August 24, 1926, for a bedpan cleanser and sterilizer. The claims relied on are Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, and 20 ; and claims Nos. 2 and 19 are cited as typical. These two latter claims read as follows:

2. “A bed pan washer comprising a vertical hopper set within a wall and having its face inclined rearwardly at the top, a cover hinged on a horizontal axis to swing over the face of the hopper in one position and present a shelf receptive of a bed pan when in another position, and…