, 1873-11-04
The Tuck-Qreaser Cases on
Hearing.
Report Of Tho Assignee Of tho Great
Western Insurance COM
paily.
The Sayles-Tanner Patent Brake-.-1he
Lamar Again.
Now Bankruptcy Suits---IIeavy
Damages Demanded.


THE TucK-UnEAsER oAsEs.
Tho Important tnck-orcasor cnsoa are now up
before Judge Drummona OH tlnnl hcarlng, tho
evidence having boon previously takon.
To inaure full understanding Of tho caHo, a
briof resume will bo necessary. Before 1860, as
complainants allege. Honry ". Fullor, engaged
In the manufacture Of ladies' and chitdron'a un-
dorgarments, folt the necessity Of some tnoans
Of making tucks. Aftor series Of expert
monts ho succeeded in producing o device
Which, In June. 1860, WAS patented. Tho tuck
cEeaser as originally mado, consisted principally
Of bar having another short rod at
right angles, terminating in notch.
This notch was drivon forcibiy'
by tho action OF tho ncodlo-bar Of the rnachino,
down on tho cloth, which rostod On point, or
sharp, narrow edgo. BY this menus, a distinct
mark or crease was formed, exactly parallel to
tho limo Of tho sowing. Tho operator, by tile
hid Of this line could fold tuck at the CONF
moncomont Of aoam, put 1t undor tho foot, and,
loavng the gauge to keep tho true width while
tho machine was in motion, finish folding tho
tuck, tho croasor simultaneously marking the next
tuck. Tho bar, tho notch and point, and modo
of attachment woro oil claimed undor the patent,
and it waB known aa " tic notch and bar tuck
crcasor. From 1860 to 1864, Fuller Inbored to
perfect tho invention, Introducing many new fca.
lures. but retarded greatly by tho high price Of
cotton goods during tho last years Of tue war,
which rendered tuckng m expensive trimming.
In order to mnintnin himself he WAS Obliged to
part with rights to various aewing-machiuo COM
panios, at low prices. 1n 1860. when tho creasor
rnalo tho frat Infringement. He was prosecuted,
and Judgment recovered md shortly after
ward, perceiving tho value Of tho patent, he OBJ
tsined a license from Fuller and Barnum, who
had then bought an interest. IL 1850, s. 9.
patent, was sucdt and porpotualy enioined from
Continuing such Infringement. Again, in Ponn-
| sylyania, several manufacturers, having en-
oroached on Fuller and ana barnlms f'gh'ts, g'ts,
being also obliged to surrender large amount
Of stock and tools and pay fine. Tho last at-
tompts, aud those now Under consideration. were
made by L. y. Yentzor & Co.. Of Chicago
In 1868 QUO Israel III. Rose obtained a patent
| for q tuck.creaser which made tho crease by
| pinching the bur being attached to the pinch
| Incorporating. aud continuous crease made.
Fuller, iu 19Gs, invented 'diagonal thrust "
| Rose's patent Aided by aome friends, he
! bought tho patont Of Rose, which wns much sr1-
perior AZ . tnck-creasor to Ills own. 1t
| combining In ono piece tho whole device,
| operation by an unpracticod operator, it ill.,
| yolving but ono attachment and ono adjustment.
| On this Rose patent, Johu G. Jensen ma1o an in
friugonent in 1870, was enjoinod in 1871, recom-
The great tire swept away the whole. and tho en-
| croachnlent has not boon removed. Harry d.
| Goodrich. brother of Honry, 9. Goodrich, and L.
| s. ientzer l. Co. oven made instruments smi-
| lar to tho original RoBe patent. Suits on these
llavo been commenced in this district, and are
now pending.
| The present casos on hoa1ing are one against
Yontzer l. Co., under tho 1850 patent, ono
!
against II. D. Goodrich. also under the Rose
patent. :.,-
| tical way to make tuck except by notch
and point, or by q series of pinches that it
makes no difference whether tho notch Or
| tho poiut Ia above, tile result being tho
same, or in tho pinching pRtont, any dayico
whereby ridge il 1aisoa by compression be-
his rights, and that in owning both these meth
| ods embraces oil available means for making a
tuck,-tho other ways, as by hamn'erng the cloth
on point, or by series Of holes, boiug in Of
feet either useless or oncroachnonts of Lis
rights.
Tho Goodrich alleged Infringement is in ono
piece, tho bar being pushed down on q bar with
n notch, which proHHca on the fabric to be
creased.
Tho defense claim that tho principle patented
by Fnller is not new, having boen invented to be
used BY hand before Fu1ler obtained his patent
second. that tho Roso aud Goodrich are alike in
nf1hClfl1S tntrQ. tuAt tle mhcnlna6 ca1fncu TO He
infringomonts aro NOT being 10 different in
principle that they cannot be claimed under the
Fuller and RoBo patonts, and that slmilar de-
vices were used in common Implements for fold.
ing or creasing tin.
Tho courtroom was filled with sowing ma.
chiues, and models OF tho various alleged I'M.
proyoments and infringements, and 1t needed bu
the prosenco Of young lady, to mako one
imagine himself in . sewng-maclino emporium
The case will 60 OH to-day.
| THE BAlLES-TANSER rATENT DnAKE.
The case Of Sayles v. Tho Chicago i North
western Rallroad Company has boon bofore
Judge Drummond, in tho United States Circuit
Court. for several days, on Il full argument upo1
tho exceptions filed by tho railroad against tht
confirmation Of tho rocontly-mado report Of Mr.
Bishop, tho Mastor in ohancery, BY which I
large sum was awarded to sayles, as damagot
for the Infringement OF tho well-known Tannol
car-brake patent. The argument was hniHhet
just at noon yesterday.
Tho objections made by the railroad to thil
award are chiefly two: Firat-That, in csti
mating tho amount duo from it, tho master
should havo given 1t tho benotlt Of tho oil
brake known rs tie "springheld brake" ant
that, ii he Aad had done so, there would have
been nothing due to the Tannor patent FOR say
ing in braKenon's wages, which saving oonstt
tutos the largest item Of the award. Second
That, If tho railroad is not entitled to tho beue
at of the "springdeld brake" and hence ii
ohargeablo with tile Saving in brakemen, til.
Master should not also have charged 1t With
saving in wheota, for tho reason that il it hat
Of Observation-Disclosures It would hayo loHt tht
wages OF the latter-,it could have stopped It!
trains without spelling wheels, aB well as it dit
stop them by the Tanner principle.
On the part Of the patent 1t was claimed tina
, , tho "springaeld brake was rightfully diaro
, ceaBtul experiment, abandoned; and that th'
, railroad WAS properly chargoablo with whoel