| US Patent: 111,834 
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| Improvement in mortising-machines | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Joseph W. Fowle (exact or similar names) - Boston, MA |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Granted: | Feb. 14, 1871 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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                        Jeff Joslin
 
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| Description: |  | This timber borer uses an auger surrounded by four separate corner chisels. The most interesting thing about it is that the inventor is now recognized as an important early innovator in percussion rock drills; see patent 7,972. |  |