Mills v. Kip-Armstrong Co.

PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.

This is a bill brought for relief against an alleged infringer of the fifth claim of letters patent No. 595,688, issued to William H. Baker on December 21,1897, entitled “Warp Stop-Motion for Looms.” The Circuit Court, after hearing on bill, answer, and proofs, entered an interlocutory decree in favor of the complainant, and thereupon the King Philip Mills, the respondent, appealed to us.

The general facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion passed down by the learned judge who heard the case below. The claim in issue is as follows:

“(5) In an electrical warp…