Legal Opinion

Philadelphia Creamery Supply Co. v. Davis & Rankin Bldg. & Manuf'g Co.

U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois

Decided July 11, 1896PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Suit by the Philadelphia Creamery Supply Company and others against the Davis & Rankin Building & Manufacturing Company and others to restrain the alleged infringement of a patent.

1Opinion of the Court

GROSSOUP, District Judge.

The bill is to restrain defendants from infringement of letters patent No. 239,659, issued April 5, 188 L, to Theodore Bergner, assignee of Edwin J. Houston and Elihu Thomson. The invention relates to the continuous separation of the lighter from the heavier constituents of liquids, and especially to the continuous separation of cream from milk. This process is accomplished by the combination of a rotating separating vessel, having a solid or imperforate periphery and an upper and lower discharge opening (in which vessel the separation of the liquid is effected), with…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Xenia Bank v. StewartSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  2. Dunham v. BentU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1885

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Nachman Spring-Filled Corporation v. Kay Mfg. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
  2. Steiner Sales Co. v. Schwartz Sales Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1938
  3. Eskimo Pie Corporation v. National Ice Cream Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1928
  4. Consolidated Rubber Tire Co. v. Finley Rubber Tire Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Georgia · 1902
  5. Schutte & Koerting Co. v. Wheeler Condenser & EngineerIng Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1924

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