Dodge v. Fulton Pulley Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal from a preliminary injunction order of the circuit court, Northern district of New York, restraining defendants from infringing claims 1 and 3 of the patent sued upon until final hearing. The execution of such order was, by the circuit court, stayed pending this appeal.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. This cause comes here upon appeal from a preliminary injunction order of the circuit court, Northern district of New York, restraining defendants from infringing claims 1 and 3 of the patent sued upon until final hearing. The execution of such order was, by the circuit court, stayed pending this appeal. The patent declared upon is No. 260,462, to Dodge and Philion (July 4,1882), for a separable pulley. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The specification for the patent sets forth that:
“Heretofore separable pulleys have been made in parts fitted and bolted together prior to being bored and turned, and therefore they were fitted to the shaft and secured thereon in ordinary way. Such pulleys are not interchangeable as to shafts of different diameters. Our improvement obviates, first, the. old and imperfect mode of fastening the pulley in place- on the shaft; and, second, renders the same pulley readily applicable to shafts of different diameters, or as a fast or loose pulley. In addition to the above, we…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Dodge v. PostU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio · 1896
- Menasha Wood Split Pulley Co. v. DodgeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1898
- Menasha Wood Split Pulley Co. v. DodgeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1897
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- Dodge v. Ohio Valley Pulley WorksU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky · 1899