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 ST&iw sjswma juchiks co. v. sames. 181 �Steaw Sbwing Machine Co. v. Eames. {Circuit Court, 8. B. New York. December 23, 1880.) �1. Re-Issue No. 7,985. �Re-issue No. 7,985, for an " improvement in sewing machines," is not void as to the flrst three claims for want of novelty. �2. Same. �There is no dcparture in such re-issue from the original, which la any manner affects the validity of the third claim of the re-issue. �3. 8AME— iNPRraGEMENT. �The first three claims of such re-issue held to be infringed, although there -vrere certain formai structural differences in the infringing machine. — [E». �In Equity. �8. J. Gordon, for plainiiff. �Strawhridge e Taylor, for defendant. �Blatchford, C. J. This suit is brought on re-issued letters patent granted to the plaintiff, December 11, 1877, (No. 7,985,) for an "improvement in sewing machines," the origi- na.1 patent, 38,807, having been granted to Charles F. Bos- worth, June 9, 1863, and re-issued to the plaintiff, June 1, 1875. The specification of No, 7,985 reads as follows, in- cluding what is inside and what is outside of braokets, and omitting what is in italics : "Be it known that I, 0. P. Bos- worth, of the [town of Milford] city of New Haven, in the Btate of Connecticut, have invented certain new and nse- ful improvements [in] to be used in combination with sewing machines, whereby such machines are better adapted to the sewing of braid or plaiting, or other narrow strips of material, the improvements being chiefly applicable to stitching togetber braids of straw braid, chip, palm-leaf, etc., in the manufac- ture of hats, caps, and bonnets. These improvements are fully, clearly, and exactly hereinafter described, in connection with the drawings which make part of the description. In the drawings, figure 1 is a front elevation of a sewing machine with my improvements attached. Pig. 2 is a view in per- spective of the improvements and certain parts of the sewing machine. Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are sketches exhibiting on a ��� �