Getty v. Layne’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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1. ““Liiylie's method of lubrication was to put the oil in at the top and to permit it to descend to each of the bearings, and remain stagnant within the alia ft easing until ejected from the top after it had become spent by air pressure through an air vent. When it was ejected, it was replaced by clean oil from the top again. Un the other hand, the oil was confined at the bottom of the well by-use of a packing or stuffing box. Getty adopted a circulatory system of lubrication. By it the oil was also introduced from the top, and descended to the lower lien rings by gravity. However, at the bottom there was only a partial obstruction to its exit, presented by a long sleeve bearing. Its passage out from the shaft casing was automatic and continuous, so that there was a constant and free flow of lubricant from the top of the line shaft, throughout its length, and out through its bottom. This method was claimed to be necessary to Getty’s device, because wear on the upper bearing required a continuous supply of fresh oil for its proper lubrication. These functional differences between the stagnant and circulatory systems of lubrication prevent their being considered as merely mechanical equivalents.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Western Well Works, Inc. v. Layne & Bowler Corp.