US3478A - Improvement in fruit-gatherers - Google Patents
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- a cord, d is passed, its two ends meeting at the last-described grasping-rod, and passing together through the ring 6 (or the horizontal ring) in the same direction. They are tied together, and a single cord is then extended downward to any required length, passing through a hole, f, near the periphery of the bottom, as shown in Fig. 1, or through a staple inserted horizontallyin the edge of the bottom A.
- a hole, f near the periphery of the bottom, as shown in Fig. 1, or through a staple inserted horizontallyin the edge of the bottom A.
- these guard-rods are intended only to form a receptaclefor thet'ruit, there may be substituted ahollow cylinderoftin, or a wirenettiug, to be placed over the grasping-rods;
- the staff a is made of wood, and is about one and a half inch in diameter, and may be extended by means of a ferrule, g, and an additional staff, as shown in the drawings, the ferrule being placed on the lower end of staff a, Fig. 1, and the end h of the elongating staff, Fig. 2, being inserted in the other end of the ferrule g.
- the grasping-rods b and the guard-rods 0 may he made of brass or iron wire, whalebone, or any other suitable material, and the bottom A may be made either of the above-described material and shape, or in the form of acup with a cushion, or in any way that shall form a convenient and suitable receptacle for the fruit.
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Description
AQ MOWILLIAMS.
Fruit-Gatherer.
Patented Mar. 13. 1844.
MPETERS. PHOTQUTHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON, DC.
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
ALEX. MCVVILLIAMS, OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
IMPROVEMENT IN FRUlT-GATHERER S.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 3,478, dated h'larch 13, 1844.
.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, ALEXANDER MCWIL- LIAMS, of the county of Washington, in the District otOolumbia, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Gathering Fruit, which I call a Fruit-Gatherer, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a view of the apparatus'entire, and Fig. 2 an elongating statt' or red.
On the end of rod or stafi a. 'a circular piece of board about one and a half inch thick and six inches in diameter is fitted by a hole in its center, forming the bottom A of the apparatus. Near the upper edge of bottom A, and at equal distances lrom each other, four or more elastic metallic wires, 12, about twelve inches long, are inserted at right angles with the bottom A, and are intended for graspingrods. On the upper end of each of the grasping-rods b there is a ring-turnediu ward, formed by simply bending the end of the wire, and one of them may be furnished with an additional ring, 6, or the same purpose may be answered by bending one of the rings formed from the wire to a position parallel with the bottom A. Through these rings a cord, d, is passed, its two ends meeting at the last-described grasping-rod, and passing together through the ring 6 (or the horizontal ring) in the same direction. They are tied together, and a single cord is then extended downward to any required length, passing through a hole, f, near the periphery of the bottom, as shown in Fig. 1, or through a staple inserted horizontallyin the edge of the bottom A. Between the grasping-rods b there are four wire guardrods, 0, each bent into the shape of an oblong square staple, the ends of which are inserted in bottom A. As these guard-rods are intended only to form a receptaclefor thet'ruit, there may be substituted ahollow cylinderoftin, or a wirenettiug, to be placed over the grasping-rods;
or, if preferred, a bag may e so atta hed to the bottom A as to receive the fruit. The staff a is made of wood, and is about one and a half inch in diameter, and may be extended by means of a ferrule, g, and an additional staff, as shown in the drawings, the ferrule being placed on the lower end of staff a, Fig. 1, and the end h of the elongating staff, Fig. 2, being inserted in the other end of the ferrule g.
The grasping-rods b and the guard-rods 0 may he made of brass or iron wire, whalebone, or any other suitable material, and the bottom A may be made either of the above-described material and shape, or in the form of acup with a cushion, or in any way that shall form a convenient and suitable receptacle for the fruit.
Operation: The staff or rod a being held by one or both hands, the apparatus is raised to ward the fruit desired to be gathered in such a mannerthat thefruitshallpassintotheopening of the grasping-rods b. The cord dis then pulled, which causes the upper ends of the graspingrods to contract until the rings at the ends of the grasping-rods meet and grasp the stem of the fruit, when the whole apparatus is drawn down ward until the fruit parts from tzhebranch. The cord d is then relaxed, the wires from their elasticity resume their natural position, and the fruit drops into the receptacle formed by the bottom A. and the rods 1) and c. This operation is continued until the receptacle is full, when the apparatus is taken down and emptied, and filled at pleasure in the same manner.
What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
The combination of graspingwires and strings with a handle of any convenient form for the purpose of grasping objects which cannot be conveniently reached by the hand, the construction and operation being substantially as described in this specification.
ALEX. MOWILLIAMS.
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R. I. YOUNG, OLEMT. '1. 000m.
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US20090058084A1 (en) * | 2007-09-05 | 2009-03-05 | Green Ronald D | Adaptor for quick connect coupling in water supply system |
WO2011084357A1 (en) | 2009-12-17 | 2011-07-14 | Schering Corporation | Modulation of pilr to treat immune disorders |
PH12017000244A1 (en) * | 2013-09-17 | 2019-01-14 | Ortho Tain Inc | Oral appliance, system and method for correcting class iii problems of mandibular prognathism |
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