| US Patent: 452,053 
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| Multiple drilling-machine | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Francis H. Richards (exact or similar names) - Hartford, CT |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | Feb. 10, 1891 |  
| Granted: | May 12, 1891 |  
 
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| Description: |  | Francis H. Richards was a highly prolific inventor. Co-assignee Eckley Coxe was a mining engineer specializing in coal. A search failed to turn up any evidence that this multi=spindle drilling machine was ever manufactured. See also patents 421,517 and 460,692. |  |