Kil-Nock Co. v. Chicago Plating Co.

LINDLEY, District Judge.

Plaintiff alleges infringement of reissue patent No. 15,-671, granted February 12, 1924, to plaintiff, as assignee of the inventor,'Rose. The defenses are invalidity and noninfringement.

The patent ■ contains four claims, but claims 3 and 4 are clearly invalid, in view of the prior art, as disclosed by Hunt, No. 582,424. Claims 1 and 2 cover a device for an improved automatic bearing bolt and attachments, adapted for use in automatically taking up the wear on the bearing forming the connection between the crank shaft and the pitman, in an internal combustion engine. The…