Wills v. Scranton Cold Storage Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Middle Pennsylvania
In Equity. Suit for infringement of reissued letters patent No. 12,300 (original No. 742,540) for a refrigerator building, issued January 3, 1905, to James Wills. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHBALD, District. Judge.
The question of infringement is not difficult. The patent is for a device to prevent drafts up and down elevator shafts in cold-storage buildings. It is not exactly so expressed, but that is the substance. To accomplish this, flexible strips or flaps, extending beyond the edges of the elevator carriage at top,' bottom, and sides, are set about the front or face, left open for the reception and delivery of goods, which close up the intervening spaces and make a comparatively tight fit with the shaft at all times. This is the precise character of structure employed by…
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