Gordon, Strobel & Laureau v. Carnegie Steel Co.

Citations

• 126 F. 538
• 1903 U.S. App. LEXIS 5185

Syllabus

<p>1. Patents — Infringement—Furnace Protecting.</p> <p>The Gordon, Strobel & Laureau patent, No. 358,604, for furnace protecting, relating to the preservation of the lining of pig-iron blast furnaces, in view of its terms and the prior art, is limited to a furnace construction in which the furnace wall has a peripheral groove therein, divided by metallic partitions into a continuous series of pockets, in which are placed hollow coolers for the circulation of water, practically end to end, and it is not infringed by a construction following the Fronheiser type, previously in use, in which the pockets are separated by substantial brick piers.</p>