Tonduer v. Chambers’s Empirical Analysis
37 F. 333 · 1889
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
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Most-quoted passages
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“" The patent discloses a device for transporting the sheets of glass from the flattening wheel to the discharge end of the annealing chamber, tunnel, or leer, consisting of two sets of parallel bars (designated d and d') extending lengthwise through the leer, and elevated above the bottom thereof, the bars of the respective sets being arranged side by side, and alternately between each other, one set reciprocating longitudinally and conveying the glass, and the other set supporting the glass at certain times, whereby the sheets of glass are supported in and carried through the leer in substantially the same horizontal plane.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““(1) The combination of the bars, d, d\ arranged side by side,, and alternately between each other, the set, d, supporting the sheets of glass, while the bars, d', are pushed towards the leer or flattening wheel, a, and the set, d’, supporting the sheets of glass, and moving them onward and through the tunnel, substantially as set forth.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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