Miller & England v. Walker Patent Pivoted Bin Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
In Equity. Suit for infringement of letters patent No. 447,532, for a tilting bin, granted to Byron R. Bacon March 3,1891. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
ARCHBARD, District Judge.*
The Walker Patent Pivoted Bin Company, defendants, are manufacturers of pivoted or tilting, counterbalanced, store bins, one style of which conforms to the Walker (1895) patent, and the other to the patent issued to the same inventor three years later. t In both, the axis of oscillation is at the front edge of the inclosing casing or bin chamber, those manufactured under the later patent being distinguished by a- swell front, as a special feature, which adds materially to then-efficiency. The general subject of tilting, bins was discussed, and the state of the art…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The Corn-Planter PatentSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Walker Patent Pivoted Bin Co. v. BrownU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1901
- Walker Patent Pivoted Bin Co. v. Miller & EnglandU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania · 1904
- Westinghouse v. Chartiers Val. Gas Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania · 1890
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- Miller v. Walker Patent Pivoted Bin Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1906