US Patent: 152,364 
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| Improvement in hand-planers
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	        Patentee:
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 | Jonathan P. Grosvenor (exact or similar names) - Lowell, MA |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Mar. 13, 1871 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Jun. 23, 1874 | 
 
 
 
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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. |  
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