| US Patent: 67,395 
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| Improvement in Machines for Twisting Augers | 
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| Patentees: |  
 | Willard L. Aldrich (exact or similar names) - Norwich, CT |  | William Evans (exact or similar names) - Seymour, CT |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Granted: | Aug. 06, 1867 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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| Description: |  | Utilizes rollers arranged on a slide rest along with regulating clamps to control the twist of the auger or bit shank. 
The co-inventors of this patent, for "improvement in machines for twisting augers", asked for a reissue and were turned down. They appealed and it seems they won a partial victory: 
http://books.google.com/books?id=-zVEAAAAIAAJ&num=100&pg=PA41#v=onepage&q=&f=false |  |