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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
CHARLES LEGLER, OF WILLARD, TEXAS.
DESIGN FOR A SHOVEL CLEANER OR KNIFE.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Design No. 17,295, dated May 3, 1887,
Application filed M1arch 25, 1887. Serial No. 232,451. Term of patent 3, ears.
To all whon, it macy concern: rounded ends e' e'. The opposite side margin
Be it known that I, CHARLES LEGLER, of of the handle from its junction with the con-
Willard, (Trinity Post-Office,) in the county of vex outlines e e' on said side is also of straight
Trinity and State of Texas, have invented a configuration, as atf', with a hollow or con-
5 new and Improved Design fora Shovel Cleaner cave, h, in said straight portionf'. The han- 30o
or Knife, of which the following is a full, clear, dle is further ornamented by a bevel, g, on the
and exact description. several outline margins of its side.
The drawing represents a side view of my Having thus fully described my invention,
newly-designed shovel cleaner or knife. I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters
1o The novel feature of my design consists in a Patent- 35
peculiar configuration of the blade and handle The design for a shovel cleaner or knife
of the implement, substantially as hereinafter i herein shown and described, the same consist-
described, and shown in the drawing. ing of a fiat blade, A, and flat handle B, the
Ais theblade, and B the handle. The blade blade being of a straight contour on its front
15 A is of flat configuration, having its edge s and sides, with the latter terminating in ogee 40
straight and with its opposite side margins outlines b b, and the handle being of a straight
straight for a portion of their length, as at a a, outline configuration at its forward and back
terminating where they project from the han- ends and sides, joined by concavo convex out-
die in ogee outlines b b. The handleB, which lines d d, e e, and e' e', and with a concave, h,
20 is also flat, is of a straight outline configura- in one of its sides.
tion at its forward end, as at c, with its side CHARLES LEGLER.
margins partly of concavo-convex shape, as at
d d e e, and joining on the one side a straight Witnesses:
marginal continuation, f, terminating in a W. R. DuF Y,
25 straight back outline, g, having opposite G. W. GaANBURY.
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Legler, Charles. Design for a Shovel Cleaner or Knife., patent, May 3, 1887; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171868/m1/2/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.