Reed v. Cropp Concrete Machinery Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
In Equity. Suit by Matthew Howard Reed against the Cropp Concrete Machinery Company and Andrew J. Cropp. On final hearing.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, District Judge.
Infringement suit on patent No. 981,-111, issued to plaintiff January 10, 1911, applied for September 28, 1908, covering part of a concrete mixer.
The prominent feature of the patent is the so-called “low charge,” enabling the raw material to be charged by a wheelbarrow into the lower front portion of the drum over the edge of the narrow front annular *644flange into the front ends of the charging pockets. This enables the workman to wheel the raw material up to the machine and dump it 'thereinto, or into the charging chute leading inwardly to the front end of the machine,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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