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wish to reserve all rights to make such altera-
tions or modifications, which may be done
without changing the spirit and purport of the
invention.
5 Having thus described my invention, Iclaim
and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the
United States-
A fruit-picker consisting in the combination
of a pole forked at its upper end and provided
To with a slot near its lower end, sheaves jour-
naled, respectively, in the fork at the upper
end of said pole and in the slot near the lower
end of the same, an endless cord passing over
said sheaves, and two fruit-receptacles, one
15 attached to the cord on each side of the pole,
said receptacle consisting of a ring secured by
one side to the cord, a bag suspended from
said ring, and a brace-wire secured by its ends
at one point of the ring and to said cord by
its middle, the bag being embraced by the wire 20
and thereby held in place, as shown and de-
scribed.
In testimony that I claim the foregoing as
my own I have hereunto affixed my signature
in presence of two witnesses.
HUDSON H. C. ARNOLD.
Witnesses:
J. H. NICHOLS,
W. R. JAMES.