PARTICULAR PATENTS—Continued. Office and accepted by the applicant and Held not to be infringed. *Erie 17. BROWNING-Car-COUPLING-No. 254, 106-VALID-INFRINGED-Letters Patent 18. SAME-SAME-SAME-NON-INFRINGEMENT-Letters Patent No. 254,106, granted February 28, 1882, to Clinton Browning, for a car-coupling, examined and Held not infringed. * Gould Coupler Company v. Trojan Car Coupler Company, 414. 19. BRUSH-ELECTRIC LAMP-No. 219,208-NOT INFRINGED-Letters Patent No. 219,208, granted September 2, 1879, to Charles F. Brush, for a doublecarbon electric lamp, examined and Held not infringed. * Brush Electric Company v. Western Electric Company, 628. 20. BURKHARDT-FORMING HOLLOW SPHEROIDAL BODIES-No. 378,412-NOT INFRINGED-Letters Patent to John Burkhardt, No. 378,412, granted February 21, 1888, for a method of forming hollow spheroidal bodies from sheetmetal tubes, examined and interpreted by the aid of the contents of the file wrapper, and Held not infringed by a process which effects a similar result by the use of different means. *Jackson et al. v. Birmingham Brass Company et al., 352. 21. CALDWELL-ATTACHING TIPS TO FLEXIBLE TUBING FOR GAS-No. 480,247— INVALID PRIOR USE-Letters Patent No. 480,247, granted August 9, 1892, to Alfred Caldwell, for improvements in the mode of attaching tips to flexible tubing for gas, Held to be invalid on the ground of prior use. American Tubing and Webbing Company v. Nicholls et al., 303. 22. CAMPBELL-Watering-TROUGH-NO. 221,031-NOVELTY-INFRINGEMENT— Claim 4 of Letters Patent No. 221,031, granted October 28, 1879, to John S. Campbell, for improvements in devices for watering stock, Held to be for a novel combination, but not infringed. *Doze v. Smith, 297. 23. CLÉRET-APPARATUS FOR CUTTING PEARL BUTTONS-No. 450,057-INFRINGED— Letters Patent No. 450,057, granted April 7, 1891, to Jules Cléret, for an apparatus for cutting pearl buttons, examined, and Held infringed. *Société Anonyme Usine J. Cléret v. Rehfuss et al., 459. 24. COLBY-WATCH-PENDANT-No. 287,001-Valid and InfriNGED. The patent of Caleb K. Colby, dated October 23, 1883, No. 287,001, for an improvement in watch pendants, Held valid and its first claim infringed by the watchcases manufactured and sold by the Dueber Watch Case Manufacturing Company. Robbins et al. v. Dueber Watch Case Manufacturing Company et al., 202. 25. SAME-SAME-SAME-VOID AND NOT INFRINGED-Letters Patent No. 287,001, granted October 23, 1883, to Caleb K. Colby, for a watch-pendant, examined and claim 1 thereof, Held void for want of invention in view of the prior state of the art, and, if valid, Held not infringed. * Dueber Watch Case Manufacturing Company et al. v. Robbins et al., 517. 26. COVERT-ROPE-CLAMP-No. 208,157.-VALID-The Covert Patent No. 208,157, granted September 17, 1878, for an improvement in rope-clamps, is void on its face as to the second claim for want of invention. The first claim, which is for a described method of connecting two parts of a rope, or two ropes, by clamping the same with one or more open metallic rings under pressure, discloses sufficient evidence of novelty and invention to prevent the same from being declared invalid upon demurrer to the bill. * Covert v. Travers Brothers Company, 321. PARTICULAR PATENTS-Continued. 27. Crooker-BLACKING AND BURNISHING BOOTS OR SHOES-REISSUE No. 11,144— DEFECTIVE SPECIFICATION-VOID-Reissue Letters Patent No. 11,144, issued February 10, 1891, to William W. Crooker, for blacking and burnishing boots boots or shoes, Held to be void, because the specification does not disclose the whole truth in relation to the invention. *Electric Boot and Shoe Finishing Company v. Little et al., 555. 28. CROSBY AND KELLOGG-MACHINE FOR CRIMPING TEXTILE MATERIALS— No. 37,033-INFRINGEMENT-Letters Patent No. 37,033, granted December 2, 1862, to C. O. Crosby and Henry Kellogg, for a machine for crimping textile materials, examined and in view of the art Held to be for a pioneer invention and to be infringed. *Tuttle, trustee, etc., v. Claflin et al., 602. 29. DE BARBARAN-DYEING HAIR-NO. 305,057-INFRINGED · Letters Patent No. 305,057, granted September 16, 1884, to C. Albert Conti de Barbaran, for a process of dyeing hair, examined, and Held infringed and an injunction granted. * Imperial Chemical Manufacturing Company v. Stein et al., 402. 30. DEERING-MANUFACTURE OF PAPER BAGS-REISSUE No. 10,083-METHODPROCESS-NOVELTY-INVALIDITY — Claim 1 of Reissue Letters Patent No. 10,083, to Mark L. Deering, for a process or method of making paper bags, granted April 11, 1882, examined, and Held, in view of the state of the art, as shown by prior use, to be a mechanical and not an inventive modification of preëxisting methods, and therefore invalid. *Union Paper Bag Machine Company and Hollingsworth & Whitney Company v. Waterbury et al., 134. 31. DE LONG-GARMENT-HOOK-No. 462,473-INFRINGED-Claim 1 of Letters Patent No. 462,473, granted November 3, 1891, to De Long et al., for a garment-hook, construed, and Held to be infringed. *Richardson et al. v. Campbell Smith, 192. 32. DE LONG-Brosnan-GARMENT-HOOK-Nos. 462,473 AND 501,320-PRIORITY OF INVENTION—As between De Long, who filed an application April 2, 1891, and obtained, on November 3, 1891, Patent No. 462,473, for a garment-hook, and Brosnan, who filed August 28, 1891, and obtained Patent No. 501,320, dated July 11, 1893, also for a garment-hook, the testimony shows the former to be the prior inventor. *Id. 33. DE LONG-HOOK-No. 411,857-NARROW PATENT-Letters Patent No. 411,857, granted October 1, 1889, upon an application of Frank E. De Long, for an improvement in hooks, examined, and Held limited to the feature which in the prosecution of the application was declared to be the essential feature of the invention. Richardson et al. v. American Pin Company, 321. * 34. DRAWBAUGh-Telephone-Rejection-Applications of Daniel Drawbaugh, serial No. 111,554, filed November 12, 1893, and serial No. 126,530, filed April 3, 1884, for telephone transmitters, examined and Held to have been properly rejected by the Patent Office, as Drawbaugh was not the inventor. *Drawbaugh v. Seymour, Commissioner of Patents, 527. 35. DUNBAR-PORTABLE ELEVATOR-REISSUE NO. 10,521-VALID-INFRINGEDReissue Letters Patent No. 10,521, granted September 16, 1884, to Robert Dunbar, for improvements in portable elevators, Held to be valid and infringed. *Dunbar et al. v. Eastern Elevating Company et al., 478. 36. EASTMAN AND WALKER-APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SENSITIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC FILMS-No. 358,848-VOID-Letters Patent No. 358,848, granted March 8, 1887, to George Eastman and William H. Walker, for a machine for making photographic films, examined, and Held void for want of patentability in view of the prior art. *Eastman Company v. Getz & Hoover, 655. 37. SAME-COATING PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER-No. 370,110-NON-INFRINGEMENT— Letters Patent No. 370,110, granted September 20, 1887, to William H. H. Doc. 354—51 PARTICULAR PATENTS-Continued. Walker and George Eastman, for a process of coating photographic paper, examined, and Held not infringed. *Id. 38. SAME-SAME-No. 370,111-VOID-Letters Patent No. 370,111, granted September 20, 1887, to William H. Walker and George Eastman, for a process of coating photographic paper, examined, and Held void for want of patentability in view of the prior art. *Id. 39. ENGLE-FURNACE FOR BURNING WET AND OFFENSIVE SUBSTANCES — No. 372,305-INFRINGEMENT-Letters Patent No. 372,305, granted November 1, 1887, to Andrew Engle, for a furnace for burning wet and offensive substances, construed, and Held not infringed by a furnace which omits elements of Engle's combination. Engle Sanitary and Cremation Company v. City of Elwood, 405. 40. Forbes-Screw-Cutting DIE-No. 253,996-INFRINGEMENT-Letters Patent No. 253,996, issued February 21, 1882, to William D. Forbes, for an improvement in screw-cutting dies, construed to involve only the specific devices which make up the elements of the combination, and Held not infringed. *Wells & Curtis et al., 164. 41. FORBES AND CURTIS-Ratchet-Wrench-No. 277,256-INVALID-Letters Patent No. 277,256, issued May 8, 1883, to William D. Forbes and Roderick P. Curtis, for an improvement in ratchet-wrenches, construed in view of the prior art, and Held to be invalid. *Id. 42. FRASER-MEANS FOR CLOSING AND CONTROLLING HOISTWAY-COVERSNo. 278,528—No INVENTION-Letters Patent No. 278,528, granted May 29, 1883, to Daniel Fraser, for means for closing and controlling hoistway-covers, examined, and Held not to involve the exercise of the inventive faculty over the prior art. *Excelsior Elevator Guard and Hatch Cover Company v. Foote et al., 390. 43. GARRETT-ROLLING-MILL PLANT-Nos. 289,524 AND 319,694-VALIDITY-NARROW CONSTRUCTION-INFRINGEMENT—If the combination of details of improved construction of the rolling-mill plant covered by Letters Patent No. 289,524, dated December 4, 1883, and No. 319,694, dated June 9, 1885, granted to W. Garrett, in view of its utility, may be the subject of a valid patent, yet it cannot be given such a broad construction as to embrace the plant of the defendants. *Illinois Steel Company v. Kilmer Manufacturing Company et al., 240. 44. HARDWICK-Carpet FaBRIC-No. 382,157-INFRINGED-Claim 1 of Letters Patent No. 382,157, granted May 1, 1888, to Harry Hardwick, for carpet fabric, Held to be infringed. * Hardwick v. Masland et al., 323. 45. HOFFMAN-Storage-CaSE FOR BOOKS-No. 450,124-VALIDITY-FINAL HEARING-Letters Patent No. 450,124, granted to Horace J. Hoffman April 7, 1891, for a storage-case for books, not considered as to validity, which question is left for final hearing. *Fenton Metallic Manufacturing Company v. Chase et al., 471. 46. JOHNSON-LIFE-GUARD-No. 454,214-VALID-INFRINGED-Claims 1 and 2 of Letters Patent No. 454,214, granted June 16, 1891, to Tom L. Johnson, for a life-guard for electric or cable cars, construed in view of the prior art, and Held to be valid and infringed. *Johnson v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, 506. 47. KILMER-BALE-TIE-NO. 282,991-NON-Patentability-Claims 1 and 2 of Letters Patent No. 282,991, granted August 14, 1883, to Irving A. Kilmer, for improvements in adjustable bale-ties, which consists, in substance, in changing a slotted flat plate having an acute angle at one end of the slot into an eye of heavy wire having also an acute angle at one end, Held to cover no patentable novelty over the prior art. *Kilmer Manufacturing Company v. Griswold et al., 488. PARTICULAR PATENTS-Continued. 48. KING-TOBACCO-FLAVORING MACHINE-No. 494,960-INVALID-LACK OF USEFUL RESULT-Letters Patent No. 494,960, issued April 4, 1893, to John M. King, for an improvement in tobacco-flavoring machines, Held to be invalid for the want of useful novelty and practical benefit in accomplishing a new and valuable result or an old result in a better and cheaper way. *Carter Machine Company v. P. H. Hanes & Co., 228. 49. LAUFERTY-BRAIDING-MACHINE-No. 430,346-INVENTION-Letters Patent No. 430,346, granted to Henry Lauferty June 17, 1890, for an improvement in braiding-machines, reviewed in connection with the prior art, and Held not to cover a patentable invention. *Lauferty v. Kursheedt Manufacturing Company, 436. 50. LONG-STEAM ROAD-VEHICLE-NO. 281,091-NOT INFRINGED-Claim 5 of Lotters Patent No. 281,091, granted July 10, 1883, to George A. Long, for an improved steering-head for road-vehicles, construed, and Held not infringed. *Long et al. v. Pope Manufacturing Company, 637. 51. MCLAUCHLIN-SOFTENING FIBROUS SHEETS-No. 511,789-DOUBTFULL PATENTABILITY-DEMURRER-JUDICIAL NOTICE OF MATTERS OF COMMON KNOWLEDGE—The patentability of the claims of Letters Patent No. 511,789, granted to John C. McLauchlin January 2, 1894, for improvements in the manufacture of imitation dressed chamois buckskin from paper pulp in sheets, was sufficiently doubtful to require the overruling of a demurrer that upon the specification of the patent the court was able to declare, in view of matters of commou knowledge of which the court could take judicial notice, that there was no patentable novelty or invention shown in the patent. American Fibre Chamois Company v. Buckskin Fibre Company et al., 357. 52. SAME-SAME-SAME--INFRINGEMENT- -The McLauchlin Patent No. 511,789, for an improved process for the manufacture of imitation dressed chamois buckskin from paper pulp in sheets, if valid at all, is limited by the prior state of the art and by the language of the original specification and of the patentee's prior Canadian patent to the crumpling and pounding of the paper when moistened with a thin solution of gelatin or other adhesive solution, and is not infringed by treating in a similar manner paper moistened merely with water. *American Fibre Chamois Company v. Port Huron Fibre-Garment Manufacturing Company et al., 366. 53. MILLER-DESIGN PATENT-LAMP-FOUNT HOLDER-Nos. 22,422 AND 23,671BASE FOR LAmps-Nos. 23,672 AND 23,673—VALID-Design Patents No. 22,422, dated May 9, 1893, for a lamp-fount holder, and Nos. 23,672 and 23,673, dated October 2, 1894, for bases for lamps, granted to John C. Miller, and Design Patent No. 23,671, dated October 2, 1894, for a lamp-fount holder, granted to John C. Miller and Edward Schmitz, Held to have been legally granted and to be valid. *Matthews & Willard Manufacturing Company v. Trenton Lamp Company et al., 346. 54. MULLEN AND MULLEN GRAIN-DRILL-No. 355,462-VALID-INFRINGEDClaims 1 and 2 of Letters Patent No. 355,462, issued January 4, 1887, to Winfield W. Mullen and Francis M. Mullen, for improvements in grain-drills, Held to be valid and infringed. Mullen et al. v. King Drill Company et al., 483. 55. OSTERHOUT-BUTTONHOLE CUTTER AND STITCHer-No. 447,791-Valid— INFRINGEMENT-Letters Patent No. 447,791, for a machine for cutting and stitching buttonholes, granted March 10, 1891, to James B. Osterhout, construed in connection with the prior art and held to be valid and infringed as to claims 21 and 22. "National Machine Company v. Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company, 259. 56. PLANT-CURRYCOMB-No. 220,986-NOT INFRINGED-Letters Patent No. 220,986, granted October 28, 1879, to Paschal Plant, for an improvement in PARTICULAR PATENTS-Continued. currycombs, Held not infringed by currycombs made under Letters Patent No. 407,313, granted July 16, 1889, to James Du Shane. *F. E. Kohler S Company v. George Worthington Company et al., 654. 57. REED HARROW-No. 201,946-VOID-Letters Patent No. 201,946, issued April 2, 1878, to De Witt C. Reed, for improvements in harrows, construed and Held void for want of invention. *National Harrow Company v. Quick et al., 501. 58. REYNOLDS-CONTROLLING DEVICE FOR ELEVATORS-No. 456,122-VALID— INFRINGED-Letters Patent No. 456,122, granted July 14, 1891, to G. H. Reynolds, for means for controlling the operation of elevators, Held to be valid and infringed. *Standard Elevator Company et al. v. Crane. Elerator Company et al., 566. 59. SAME HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR― No. 328,614-VALIDITY — INFRINGEMENT— Claims 2, 4, and 6 of Letters Patent No. 328,614, granted October 20, 1885, to George H. Reynolds, for improvements in hydraulic elevators, Held to be valid and claims 2 and 4 infringed, but claim 6 not infringed. *Id. 60. ROBERTS-ROD-MILL-No. 392,365-ANTICIPATION-INVALID—Claim 1 of Letters Patent No. 392,365, issued November 6, 1888, to Henry Roberts, for an improvement in rod-mills, construed in view of the prior art and Held to be invalid. *Pittsburg Wire Company et al. v. Roberts et al., 246. 61. SAME-SAME-COMBINATION—VALIDITY—INFRINGEMENT—Claim 4 of the same patent construed to be for a valid combination, and Held to be infringed. *Id. 62. ROCKWELL-BELL-NO. 471,982-VOID FOR WANT OF PATENTABLE NOVELTY— Letters Patent No. 471,982, granted March 29, 1892, to E. D. Rockwell, for an improvement in bells, examined, and in view of the prior art, Held void for want of patentable novelty. *New Departure Bell Company v. Berin Brothers Manufacturing Company, 428. 63. ROCKWELL-MANUFACTURING MINERAL WOOL-Nos. 447,360 AND 452,333PATENTABLE AND INFRINGED-Letters Patent No. 447,360, granted March 3, 1891, and No. 452,733, granted May 19, 1891, to Charles H. Rockwell, for processes of manufacturing mineral wool, examined, and Held not anticipated, patentable, and infringed. *Western Mineral Wool and Insulating Fibre Company v. Globe Mineral Wool Company, 622. 64. ROOD-ART OF MAKING HAMMOCKS-No. 296,460-MECHANICAL OPERATION— INVALID-Letters Patent No. 296,460, granted April 8, 1884, to A. O. Rood, for an improvement in the art of making hammocks, cover merely mechanical operations without any chemical action or the operation of natural elements, and are therefore invalid. (Risdon 1. & L. Works v. Medart, C. D., 1895, 330; 71 O. G., 751; 158 U. S., 68, and Wells Glass Co. v. Henderson, C'. D., 1895, 462; 72 O. G., 285; 67 Fed. Rep., 935.) *Travers v. Gem Hammock and Fly Net Company, 355. 65. ROSE-UMBRELLA-STICK-NO. 504,944-INVALID-Claims 1 and 2 of Letters Patent No. 504,944, granted September 12, 1893, to John Rose, for a tubular umbrella - stick, construed and Held to be invalid. * Rose v. Hirsh & Brother, 226. 66. SAME-UMBRELLA-CASE-No. 504,945-NOT INFRINGED.-Letters Patent No. 504,945, granted September 12, 1893, to John Rose, for an umbrella-case, Held not to be infringed. Id. 67. SCARBORough and BATES-WASTE-PIPE TRAP-No. 217,243-NON-INFRINGEMENT.-Letters l'atent No. 217,243, granted July 8, 1879, to William W. Searborough and William S. Bates, for a waste-pipe trap, examined, construed, and Held not infringed. Scarborough et al. v. Neff et al., 463. 68. SCHILD-Caisson-GaTE-No. 287,178—Valid-INFRINGED — INJUNCTION REFUSED.-Letters Patent No. 287,178, granted October 23, 1883, to George |