Williames v. McNeely’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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1. ““1. In apparatus for heating buildings, the unobstructed exhaust-pipe and heating-coils opening from it, in combination with a bleeder-pipe connecting with said coils and opening at the bottom into a hot-well in which a partial vacuum is maintained, substantially as and for the purpose specified. “2. In apparatus for heating buildings, the unobstructed exhaust-pipe and heating coils opening into it in combination with a bleeder-pipe connecting with said coils and means to create a suction in said bleeder-pipe, substantially as and for the purpose specified. “3. In apparatus for heating buildings, the unobstructed exhaust-pipe A, lieating-coils B, bleeder-main D, hot-well E, suction or exhaust fan F, and feed-water pipe N, substantially as and for the purpose specified. “4. In apparatus for heating buildings, the combination of an exhaust-pipe with heating-coils B, or their equivalent, bleeder pipe or main D, provided with valve I* hot-well E, pipe J, with its valve K, exhaust-fan E and its pipe G, and feed-water pipe N, substantially as and for the purpose specified. “5. In' apparatus for heating buildings, an exhaust-pipe and steam-heating apparatus, in combination with means to suck steam from said exhaust into or through said heating apparatus, substantially as and for the purpose specified. “6. The combination of exhaust-pipe A, heaters B, bleeder-main D, hot-well E, vacuum-valve I, and vacuum-pump F, substantially as and for the purpose specified. “7. In apparatus for he”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McNeely v. Williames