WASHING-MACHINE CO. v. TOOL CO.


87 U.S. 342 (____)

20 Wall. 342

WASHING-MACHINE COMPANY v. TOOL COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. J.H. Parsons and T.A. Jenckes, for the appellants; Messrs. B.H. Thurston and C.L. Woodbury, contra.


Mr. Justice STRONG delivered the opinion of the court.

The only question presented by this appeal is whether the reissued patent has been infringed by the defendants. To a correct determination of this question it is indispensable to understand precisely what the patent covers.

The mechanism described in the specification is not claimed to be a complete clothes-wringer. It is rather a device for suspending a wringer over a common wash-tub, a portable frame...

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