The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-11-24

LAYNE AND BOWLER COMPANY

LAYNE ANU BUWLER CUMpANf
NOTICE TO ALL ACTUAL AND PROS.
PECTIVE USERS OF DEEP WELL
CENTRIFUGAL OR TURBINE
PUMPS USIN G ENCLOSED
DRINE SHAFT OR PROTECTED
BEARINGS
Layne & Bowler Company own or
control the following patents pertain
ing to pumps and we'll meChanisms.
Letters patent issued to M. E. Layne
upon we'll mechanismS:
May 29, 1905, Serieal No. S21653. Dec.
1, 1908, Serial No. 9O544O. May II, 1910,
957974. July Is, 1911, 998lS6. Sept. "a,
1918. 13467. (relsSuel.
The different patents relate to our
Enclosed Line Shaft Pump with protect
ed bearings and steel pit interlocking
device. You can obtain copies of them
from the United States Patent Office,
OF we can furnish same upon request
In all the suits hereinafter referred
to, not one of our patents has been in.
validated and no court has refused to
grant us an injunction an the usual
patent relief in any of the cases which
has been decided.
SUITS DECIDED IN OUR FAVOR
IN THE UNITED STATES
COURTS
The following suits concerning LaYne
Patents have been decided in our favor
in the Uulted States Courts:
M. E. LAYNE
Southern Car Mig. Supply Co., Beau
mont, Texas. Ell Campo Machine Co.,
Ell Campo, Texas. LindStrom, Ell Cam.
DO, Texas. Stancliff Manufacturing Co.
Houston, Texas. United Well Works,
Stuttgart, Ark, M. B. VanNess, Welsh
Louisiana. M. d. L. Webb, Stuttgart
Ark
The above defendants M D. L. Webb
excepteO are manufacturing corpora
tons able to make and did make proper
defense. All the above suits were Wig
orouSly contested at heavy cost on bott
sides; the litigation cost us over $780, 600
and probably as much more has beer
spent by the defendants. Our patents
have been validated by four differen
Uuited States Courts. The Unite'
! States Court of Appeals has suStaine'
B all of our Patents submitted to sal
: court and held in all instances to be in
4 fringed by the above defendants.
= The following suits against manufat
y turers are now pending or are beinI
D brought in the United States Courts c
Q Arkansas and Louisiana:
, LAYNE AND LAYNE & BOW.
q LER Co. VS..
y F. l. Getty, Jennings, La. Krumpe
3 Machine Wks. Stuttgart, Ark. Leol
3 ard Krumpen, Stuttgart Ark. A.
< Selig, Stuttgart, Ark. Stamm. Scheel
y Mig. Co., Rayne, Louisiana. A. Z
y Dunn, Humphrey, Ark. j. P. Nichol
y Stuttgart, Ark.
q We mean business when we say tina
q any unlawful use of an enclosed lin
q shaft centrifugal pump with protecte
y bearings or not and interlocking STE
D pit coupling not manufactured by U
y or bearing our patent license tag wi
q be legally punished-this applies nj
q only to the manufacturers and seller
g but also tethe users OF owners.
ii USERS OF PUMPS ARE LIABLE
81 Ii you consult an attorney, you w
"a find that the use Of patented artic
r. is an infringement as much as Il
y manufacture or sale Of such articl
~ All pumps equipped with enclosed Lii
" Shafts with Protected Bearings al
sd in our judgement, infringements t
n user of a pump constituting an
"a fringement OF our patents is as gull
" as the manufacturer and in order
Y protect our rights we are compelled
~ notify you that il you purchase infrin
ID ing pump you are liable for damag
90 for the use of the. same and we "
"a bring suit against you to cover dana
a eS for such use.
. Some farmers and other users pl
~ less not to understand why we sue t
~ user OF a pump which intrlnges O
CD patent instead OF the manufactures,
q the party making the sale. The /;
"a permits us to sue either manufactur
x seller or user and usually the farmt
" an other users of pumps are financia
Q responsible, which is more than can
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