White v. Peerless Rubber Mfg. Co.

BUFFINGTON, District Judge.

Complainant charges infringement of both claims of his patent No. 337,000, dated March 2, 1886, for packing. The claims are as follows:

“(1) As a new article of manufacture, a packing consisting essentially of a tubular, practically nonelastic core capable of being bent or flattened, and a casing or covering of elastic material adapted to constitute a seal, substantially as described. (2) As a now article of manufacture, a packing consisting of a tubular lead core incased in a tube of rubber, substantially as described.”

While the patent concedes the value of lead and…