| US Patent: 57,282 
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| Improvement in Wooden Screws | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Thomas Bowers (exact or similar names) - Zanesville, OH |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Granted: | Aug. 21, 1866 |  
 
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| Description: |  | Vise screw found with its head marked, Ohio Tool Co, Bowers Pat. Pat Aug 1866.
The innovation is a screw-thread profile of a buttress style that is claimed to have higher strength than previous profiles. This profile was particularly intended for bench-screws in wood, where the grain of the wood is weaker in shear force along the direction of the grain. |  |