West Coast Safety Faucet Co. v. Jackson Brewing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. This is a suit in equity for the infringement of° claim 4 of letters patent of the United States No. 468,144, granted to Mark Anthony and William C. Savage on February 2, 1892, for an improvement in thimbles and bushing for barrels.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of California. This is a suit in equity for the infringement of° claim 4 of letters patent of the United States No. 468,144, granted to Mark Anthony and William C. Savage on February 2, 1892, for an improvement in thimbles and bushing for barrels. The appellant, as assignee of the right, title, and interest of the patentees in and to said letters patent for the Pacific Coast territory, charges the appellee with using and operating within sueh territory bushings and thimbles for barrels, containing, embracing, and…
1Opinion of the CourtMorrow, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The claim of the patent in issue in this suit is as follows:
“(4) The combination, with a barrel, of the faucet-bushing, said bushing having the inner screw-threaded end, and the valve provided with the screw-threaded stem, as and for the purpose set forth.”
The invention sought to be patented relates to certain improvements in thimbles and bushings for beer barrels or other liquid-con-' taining receptacles, and is stated in the specification to consist mainly in providing a thimble for attachment within the tap-hole of barrels free of internal screw-threads…
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