| US Patent: 404,738 
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| Apparatus for Straightening Saws | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Daniel Simonds (exact or similar names) - Fitchburg, MA |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Jul. 28, 1888 |  
| Granted: | Jun. 04, 1889 |  
 
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| Description: |  | A power hammer with a die or contact face that can be made to strike the saw on a line running in any desired direction.  Hand hammering utilized double ended hammers with different peen directions and early power hammers configurations were found lacking. |  |