US Patent: 319,952 - Drilling machine


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US Patent: 319,952

Drilling machine

Patentees:

Asa Goddard (exact or similar names) - Worcester, MA

George Burnham (exact or similar names) - Worcester, MA

USPTO Classifications:

144/92, 408/89

Tool Categories:

metalworking machines : drilling and boring : drill presses

woodworking machines : wood drilling and boring : drill presses

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Francis Reed Co. - Worcester, MA

George Burnham Co. - Worcester, MA

Witnesses:

Rufus B. Fowler

George E. Smith

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Apr. 28, 1884
Granted:	Jun. 16, 1885

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Description:

"Our invention consists in a spindle adapted to receive drill-holding 'heads' or sockets of varying size, in means for detaching the balance-wheel, in providing a rest for drilling the rims of carriage-wheels and similar articles, and in providing gages by which the work may be properly placed beneath the drill."

Drills matching this patent were seen in an 1891 catalog from the Sligo Iron Store Company of St. Louis. The drills are identified as "Burnham's Upright Drills". In 1889 the firm of George Burnham Co. was taken over by Francis Reed.