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 TKBrECnOH TINDOW CtKASEB CO. V. BOSIiŒT. 675 �yielding bearing or ciishion, Bubstantially as and for the pur- pose set forth ; fourth, in combination with the elastio strip B, attached to a suitable holder or bearing or cusMon C, of India rubber, made tubular in form, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth. �The alleged invention then consista, as described in the specifications and claims in the patent, and as appears from the specimen which bas been put in evidence, 6t a handle or holder, in a groove, upon or near the upper edge of ■which is inserted a strip of rubber, attached by the lower edge to the holder within the groove, and a bearing or support for and lying behind the strip, made also of rubber, and tubular in form, the parts being so adjusted that the edge of the rubber strip, as it is used, comea in contact with the glass ; this rub- bing strip being placed at such an angle as will cause such contact to be effected in the practical use of the implement. I do not understand'that the proposed invention embraces any particular form or style of handle, or frame, -with which the rubbing strip is conneeted. The essence of the alleged inven- tien is the attachment of the rubbing strip to the holder at such an angle as will, in its use, bring the edge of the rubber in contact with the glass, and in the elastic or yielding sup- port against which the rubber rests. This is apparent from the specifications, which state that the "invention relates to a device for drying and cleaning window-panes, mirrors, and like smooth surfaces, after they bave been washed in the usual manner, and it consists, j'trsit, in employing, upon a suitable holder, an elastic strip, attached at one edge to the holder, and thence projecting forward and outward, and sustained or stayed by means of a bearing or support beneath it — that is to say, as between it and the holder, at or near its opposite edge ; secondly, in having the support of a yielding character, whereby uniformity of contact between the rubber strip and the glass is insured ; thirdly, in making the bearing tubular in form and of India rubber, whereby it best answers the pur- pose for which it is designed ; fourthly, in combining with the rubber strip and holder two thick rubber plates, fastened one to each end of the holder behind the rubber strip, to form a ����