Legal Opinion
Benbow-Brammer Mfg. Co. v. Heffron-Tanner Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York
Decided March 27, 1906PublishedCited by 8 opinions
Suit in equity to restrain alleged infringement of United States letters patent, No. 535,455, to John Schroeder for “means for operating washing machines,” dated March 12, 1895, and for an accounting.
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
This is a combination patent, the claims of which read as follows:
“(1) An operating shaft having a rotary reciprocating motion, a cylinder placed upon the shaft, and having a sliding movement thereon, and through which cylinder motion is alone communicated to the shaft, and a double row of teeth or cogs upon the cylinder extending at an angle to the shaft, combined with a driving shaft, having means for revolving it attached to one end, and a wheel for engaging the teeth on the cylinder at the other; the driving shaft being driven continuously in one direction,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Brammer v. SchroederCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
- Waterman v. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1893
3Cited by8 opinions
- Wayne Mfg. Co. v. Benbow-Brammer Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1909
- Colgate & Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1928
- Benbow-Brammer Mfg. Co. v. StrausU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1908
- Benbow-Brammer Mfg. Co. v. Richmond Cedar WorksU.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois · 1908
- Benbow-Brammer Mfg. Co. v. Wayne Mfg. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1908
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