U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia July 1, 1860 (Ex parte Larowe)

DUNLOP, Chief Judge.

The claim of La-rowe is in these words: “The combination and relative arrangement of the rubber z and swinging brake arm e with the ends of the brake bar v, whereby the strain upon the rubber z is borne principally Dy the rigid end of the brake bar, directly in front of the periphery of the wheel, and not by the hinge of the rubber, substantially as shown and described.