Willcox & Gibbs Sewing-Mach. Co. v. Merrow Mach. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut. This was a suit in equity by the Willcox & Gibbs Sewing-Machine Company against the Merrow Machine Company and others for infringement of two patents relating to sewing • machines. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
Two patents are declared upon. The first is No. 472,094, for “Sewing Machine,” dated April 5, 1892 (application filed July 23, 1887), to Willcox & Borton, assignors to complainant. The siructure described is complete in all its parts, and is an elaborate piece of mechanism. . The particular part involved in this action is the device known as a “looper,” and the only claims relied upon are:
“(2) The combination with the needle and its operating mechanism, of a looper having an upper jaw provided with a hook and a lower jaw, said looper being arranged to oscillate in a…
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