E. J. Manville Mach. Co. v. Excelsior Needle Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut. The decree of the Circuit Court (162 Fed. 486) sustained claims 1,' 2, 3, 4, 5, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, and 35 of letters patent No. 594,-457, granted November 30, 1897, to Andrew C. Campbell, assignor to the E. J. Manville Machine Company, for improvements in machines for forming threaded nipples from headed blanks. The application was tiled May 26, 1897.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
The patent in suit relates to a complicated machine for forming nipples employed in building wire spoke wheels for bicycles and similar vehicles. The drawings contain 29 figures having 146 numbered parts and the description and claims cover 9 closely printed pages containing over 9,000 words. It is obvious that no beneficial result can be obtained by an elaborate description of the machine or a discussion of its minute details. Such a description would unduly extend this opinion and would serve no useful purpose. The parties in interest already understand the machine,…
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