Read Mach. Co. v. Jaburg

Citations

• 221 F. 662
• 1915 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1611

Syllabus

<p>1. Patents <@=>328—Infringement—Cake-Mixing Machine.</p> <p>The Read patent, No. 966,765, for a cake-mixing machine, held infringed by a machine which, in place of the vertical screw of the patent, employs a' different, but mechanically equivalent, device for adjusting the position of the bowl support.</p> <p>2. Patents <@=>22—Infringement—Mechanical Equivalents.</p> <p>A patentee of a new machine or combination necessarily claims and secures a patent for every mechanical equivalent for that device or combination, and whether parts of two machines are mechanically equivalent is to be determined by their functions, and the principles of their construction and operation, and not by their form.</p> <p>[Ed. Note.—For other cases, see Patents, Cent. Dig. § 24; Dec. Dig. <@=>22.]</p> <p><@ss>For other cases see same topic & KEY-NUMBER in all Key-Numbered Digests & Indexes</p>