| US Patent: 569,115 
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| Driving mechanism for drills | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Foster Milliken (exact or similar names) - New York, NY |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Applied: | May 13, 1896 |  
| Granted: | Oct. 06, 1896 |  
 
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 Vintage Machinery entry for Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc.
 
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| Description: |  | A bicycle-powered drilling machine, with a hefty flexible shaft transmitting power to the drill head; not shown in the patent drawing, the drill head was clamped to a piece of structural steel and a hand-wheel pushed the drill bit forward. The inventor was partner in Milliken Brothers, a New York City construction and structural steel firm. This invention was manufactured and sold by Manning, Maxwell & Moore as their "Milliken Bicycle Drill". See also design patents D26,287 and D26,288. |  |