Perkins Glue Co. v. Holland Furniture Co.

DENISON, Circuit Judge.

This case relates to glue. Until recently the word implied an animal substance base. The Century Dictionary. st> defines it, and does not include any vegetable composition, save by a reference to gum arabie, although the patent art shows an occasional use of the term “vegetable glue.” Various adhesives had been made with a starch base, running from a sticky mass, through stages of dilution, to a highly fluid, slightly adhesive, sizing. In common understanding, glue, paste, and mucilage were fairly distinct families. Glue was largely used in furniture and similar arts,…