William Burnham Woods

“ The contention of the appellants that the soldering-iron of the Tillery & Ewalt patent is merely the disk of the Barker patent with a large part of its circumference removed, defeats itself, for when a large part of the disk is removed it ceases to be a disk, and becomes the mere soldering-iron of the Tillery & Ewalt device; whereas, as we have seen, a disk is an essential element in the invention covered by the Barker patent. ”

“ The idea of revolving the soldering-tool about the pivotal rod is not suggested in the original patent, but is excluded by the statement in the specification that the inventor contemplated making the soldering-iron and the guilding-rod of any form in transverse section necessary to fit in any form of cap, whether round, square, oval, or of any other curved or polygonal shape. ”

“ A represents our soldering-toll, provided with the cap-holder, B, which maintains the cap in position while the soldering iron, C, is rotated. D is a stock, in which the shank, d, of soldering-iron is held at any point by a clamp-screw, d. E is the body, in which the stock, D, is hinged at e, while the holder, B, passes vertically and loosely there through. ”