N. E. Norstrom Electric Mfg. Co. v. Wahl

PAGE, Circuit Judge.

The District Court held claims 2, 5, and 23 of Wahl patent No. 1,487,189 valid. Appellant’s sole contention is that the patent is invalid because of the prior art. Figure 1 of the patent, showing the parts of the clipper within the case, is reproduced:

*636Claim 5 reads:

“In a clipper the combination of a case, a clipper blade carried thereby, a movable clipper blade co-operating with the first mentioned blade, an electromagnet carried by the ease, a circuit for the magnet, a spring carried armature bar co-operating with the electromagnet, a yielding driving connection between…