New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-20

cloth to progress gaary seeming uniformity Of stitch and q.
the same time permitting the internal to be turned By the band
The claims in he reu.d patents numbered sis and "a
feed Improvement upon The previous sewing machines
The utility Of the iupoveu en admitted indeed sppa:
curved seams to be ewed automatically the sewing
now In almost Universal would been comparatively very
limited 10 its operation 1t is niSd however that Wilson was
not the first and which objection raises the pm
The persons manl, relied upon and Indeed the only
that be relied according the proof with any po-
o ss e pgs o. 1Vs Rob are New YoI OIL
Tne proof very fun and satisfactory That tie invention Of
by WY Of experiment far bsck lais In April 1919 IL.
pscuiarie noticed IN The Be,k.iye Csltut published
more eIterded police of IT, with full hogPbie prints were
given in The Scientific 4meriedH, publish ed IN NewYork and
XSps himself exam ined witness in these
cary lie date further back than the latter of the 1850
He bad made previous 70 this sxsunsiop three sda' on
extended back 1898 the rhest bis adsvs
the clear and decided weight Of the proof the date he
gives Of the invention when examined witness in the cases
ton not In pute and that H. that the fret machine Gsde
by Atkins after the p.rtnershp with fethouen (Which com
re,embnr that Of the Lerow Blodre machine which
exhibited in l,hes in the ntsrs OF lS49 and lsS9
machine made By him in the Fan Of ls5 some two
EVEN ser the date Of his patent s il Atkins hsd
invented the fee improvement esIy 1873 which admitted
ss 70 @nob To- H. value Of th nrume ID some
wears aerWard when commenced the mess Of nanufac
turing the machines he should have omitted the use OF alto
gether
patnt issued TO him and Fethouen Jointly August lS9
a. Joint nve tors including this Improvement This upon
model Of the second machine made BY him II agreed that
patenees first commenced business together In August
1880 and that Fehousen had had no previous connection or In
must have made they the joint inventors Of the
improvements claimed before the patent copd and noe
than Anrps 1880 Its now pretended that Atkins the
inventor improvement Of feed which Il true bs Pat
psieD, to Atkins aud Eel housen joint Inventors Tor inn
prove ment the sewing machine by Of them IL said
Fe.hoasen Of tie Sc. screw above tie co. then
separate patents ought to hsve Issued to eao9 or hs own m
patent void This action Of Atkins and FelthoGsen 10 poc1T
testimony did invent the improvement until after
The partnership With Pehousen, in August, 1850
poty and shall Content saying very careful
analysis and examination the weight !: "a one way and that
In respect the claim Of LesndeI w Langdon bis own sc
sUe and IN The service Of Daniel Ran Rochester Ne1YOk
in the year lS7 be read the description OF sewing
the cloth was PLACED on pms q 10th wa. Name ne G npe
the pins the idea then occurred TO BIN Of maog
feed by which the of the could be varied that AFTER
he bad so fer his thoughts S 70 make feed
Nothing further done In the way Of pehee9g bis Improve
%.n in sdsPsS Of mabne h the Sp "1s
M Wright Rochester The shnge feed model Of 1s4
not prevd Of any value or At the time and has
He claims that the machine made in Weights shop in the Fall
devised Lar gdon in asub'equen attempted
e change the 9 S9a 10 upon the "''nH' IN "nsn
Ills ouite clear adopting favorable of the In
short Of overcoming the patents Of Wilson ard the testimony
which the originality end priority I bis Is
defeat patent aeady issued that another conceived the posi-
biy Of citing what the psentee has accomplished To
gS have St far p
tee and embodied in some distinct form Il must have been
no being original inventor has fret perfected the invention
mems eGuiyocs IN their results and then given for years
cannot be permitted prevail against an original inventor who
Bistchf, 4ss 4s4, Parkhurst agt Knsmanl
In this the pretended hinge model containing the feed
Meeting with adapting TO the machines was laid aside for
perfected patent granted and the working machine had gone
elusive upon the question the proof overwhelming that
LSnsdons alleged Improvement long after that of Wilson,
Even the Engine at RAILS which he TO have been
s sf in IN me S model the
e was no, erect and put into oPes9n until me SpIs
that worked upon till he vent work
for Burroughs in the fail Of 1881 who engaged In working
chine 70, hiG self or with view 70 any Improvements upon the
same, till the Spring or Summer Of iSs2. l., A.,
cases The weight Of them supports the priority Of a B.
Wilson's invention Of the feed motion and consequently the
patents founded upon It.
Some objections been taken in the defense Independently
An objection that proper parties compliments have not
This objection is founded upon the testimony Of Orlando B.
Potter whS examined as witness 9T the and
benefit Of the two companies represented by himself and Ma
ina onanv SnS the Clover Baker Sewing Machine Compa
N.Y. and they have interest in the suits except repre-
natives the two companies and as stockholders therein
That the patents held by them as trustees OF these conp
The proofs show that the legal title the patents End excu
ve rt 10 them in the State Newly In the complain
ants and of law they the only parties proper to
urged however that in equity all parties must be joined
who Interested in the subject matter OF the litigation
companies may be said TO he Interested bat whether so or not
require them TO Be Sn.d IN me suit Is not ce, TAN
would not be such would in the sense OF the law Of pa
tents require them TO be joined ana hs n ne reaoh 'hey
This objection parties not taken IN the answe nor
question has been raised for the h time at the hearing an
Effort made by the counsel for the defense TO introduce ev
cepon too plain to call for any ooseLyatlon'
before the Examiner the attention OF the opposite party Womd
ne be Objections as to parties are not favored when post
poned 10 the hearing upon the Peadlgs and proofs Pc
Objections have also been taken the claims under
the resued patents IF the I'D January 1855 Nos $40 and "a
be seed to PROCESS regularly by the join action Of the sur
faces which is camped and which act in conjunction
The second holding cloth rest by The needle or lie equiv
sen IN combination with the method OF causing 1t to progress
The third arranging the feeding surfaces substantially a. pe
shall perform the Office Of stripping the cloth from the needle as
n rises OF recedes from 1t; aud . -, a.,
The fourth so mounting and sttachus Of the feeding
faces 10 some other part the machine taa it may be removed
or drawn away from the other surface at pleasure es o
Now il apparent that all the several claims rest upon and
, on, Of ne main improvement in the Feeding apparatus con-
pe Of tn two surfaces csspDg the cloth aud dancns to
as at the ssre time admit Of the turning Of the CLOTH
Of any practically u.eiS epTS st i.
these dependent combinations and devices may well be main