Legal Opinion
Cary v. Wolff
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Decided February 7, 1885PublishedCited by 1 opinion
In Equity.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
This suit is brought, upon letters patent No. 116,-266, dated June 27, 1871, and granted to the orator Cary, for an improvement in mode of. tempering springs. The specification sets forth that the invention relates to spiral springs usually made in conical form, of steel wire, used in upholstering chairs, sofas, and for bed-bottoms; describes the manner of making them by coiling and forcing hard-drawn steel wire to the proper shape, whereby the outer portion of the wire is stretched, and the .inner portion crushed, and its strength, elasticity, and durability greatly reduced; states the…
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