| US Patent: 152,364 
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| Improvement in hand-planers | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Jonathan P. Grosvenor (exact or similar names) - Lowell, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Mar. 13, 1871 |  
| Granted: | Jun. 23, 1874 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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                        Jeff Joslin
 Vintage Machinery entry for J. P. Grosvenor.
 
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| Description: |  | This invention is for the use of an inclined wedge-shaped bed for the infeed table of a jointer. This seems to be the first appearance of a wedge-bed design.The patent disclaims (i.e., acknowledges the primacy of) Climer and Riley's patent 59,966 and Frank Douglas's patent 105,657. |  |