Locomotive Engine Safety Truck Co. v. Erie Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
[Final hearing on pleadings and proofs. [Suit brought upon letters patent [No. 34,-377] for “improvement in trucks for locomotives,” granted Alba F. Smith, February 11, 1802. [Figure 1, in the above engraving, represents a vertical longitudinal section of complainant’s truck, as shown in the letters patent.
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[Final hearing on pleadings and proofs. [Suit brought upon letters patent [No. 34,-377] for “improvement in trucks for locomotives,” granted Alba F. Smith, February 11, 1802. [Figure 1, in the above engraving, represents a vertical longitudinal section of complainant’s truck, as shown in the letters patent. Figure 2 represents a transverse section of the same; d is the center cross-bearing plate or platform, made of two thicknesses of iron plate, riveted together, and embracing the upper bars of the frame c. At the end of said plate, e e are cross-bars, beneath the said double-bearing plate…
1Opinion of the Court
BLATCHFORD, District Judge.
This suit is founded on letters patent granted to Alba F. Smith, February 11th, 1862, for an “improvement in trucks for locomotives.” The specification describes the invention as an “improvement in trucks for locomotive engines.” It says: “Several laterally moving trucks have been made and applied to railroad cars. My invention does not relate broadly to such laterally moving trucks, but my said invention consists in the employment, in a locomotive engine, of a truck or pilot wheels provided with pendent links, *765-to allow of a lateral movement, so that tlie ■ driving…
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