Legal Opinion
Combined Patents Can Co. v. Lloyd
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided February 4, 1882PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Hearing on Pleadings and Proofs. Bill in equity to restrain infringement of reissued patent No. 7,682, for an improvement in sheet-metal cans. The answer denied infringement and alleged want of novelty. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMcKennan, C. J.
This suit is founded on reissued letters patent No. 7,682, dated May 15, 1877, to Herman Miller, assignor of the complainant, for an improvement in sheet-metal cans. The original patent was dated June 23, 1863, and that is the earliest date to which the invention claimed is assigned.
The patent contains two claims, viz.:
“ (1) A can or other vessel made of sheet metal, in which the top or bottom is joined to the sides by a double-recessed clamping lap-joint, substantially as described. (2) A can or other vessel made of sheet metal, in which the top or bottom is joined to the sides by a clamping…
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