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Sharp v. Riessner

119 U.S. 631, 7 S. Ct. 417, 30 L. Ed. 507, 1887 U.S. LEXIS 1928
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
DecidedJanuary 10, 1887
Docket98
StatusPublished
Cited by4 cases

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Sharp v. Riessner, 119 U.S. 631, 7 S. Ct. 417, 30 L. Ed. 507, 1887 U.S. LEXIS 1928 (1887).

Opinion

Mr. Justice Blatchford

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit in equity brought for the alleged infringement of letters-patent No. 177,334, granted to Abner B. Hutchins, May 16th, 1876, for an improvement in hydro-carbon stoves. The specification and drawings are as follows:

“The-object of this invention is to produce a stove which can safely and easily be heated by the combustion of a hydrocarbon or oil in a similar manner to that in common use in illuminating lamps.
“ The invention consists of the following devices: The vessel or chamber containing the oil or hydro-carbon is submerged- *632 in water, so as to always keep, the said oil-vessel or chamber cool, and thereby free from explosive or other accident. The water-vessel is covered, with a perforated metal plate, which forms the base of - the hot-air cylinder, on the top of which the- culinary or other vessels to be heated are placed. Yertical tubes or flues are placed in the hot-air cylinder in such ■positions as to act as chimneys for the burners. Mica win-
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