US Patent: 216,023 
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| Improvement in Boring and Reaming Tools
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	        Patentee:
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 | Richard T. Crane (exact or similar names) - Chicago, IL |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Feb. 27, 1879 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Jun. 03, 1879 | 
 
 
 
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        Description: |  
| Designed to bore and ream a hole of the appropriate size for a "metallic bush" (tap) for beer barrels. Also, it serves as a tap for threading on the bush, as well as a countersink to provide a seat for the bush's flange. |  
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