U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York December 29, 1902 (Union Special Sewing Mach. Co. v. American Raveller Co.)

COXE, Circuit Judge.

This is an equity action founded on letters patent, No. 309,699, granted to J. W. Dewees, December 23, 1884, for a trimming attachment for sewing machines; being an improvement upon the device shown in a previous patent to Dewees, No. 266,783, dated October 31, 1882. The trimmer of the prior patent did not operate satisfactorily when thick heavy goods were being trimmed. .