| US Patent: 86,956 
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| Boring Faucet | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Alfred Weed (exact or similar names) - Boston, Suffolk County, MA |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Granted: | Feb. 16, 1869 |  
 
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                        Joel Havens
 
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| Description: |  | Abstract:
My improvement relates to the construction of that class of faucets, the entering end of each of which is provided with a bit for boring the hole into which the faucet is driven or screwed, to attach it to the cask. Such a faucet is shown in United States Letters Patent, No. X8,499, granted to me, June 2, 1868. In such patented faucet, and in all other self-boring faucets with which I am familiar, the boring-device is made of steel, and when the bit is within the barrel to which the faucet maybe applied, the steel quickly oxidizes, and causes the cutting-edges thereof to be ruined.  To remedy this is the object of my improvement and the improvement consists in making the bit of a self-boring faucet of metal which is practically un-oxidizable, or oxidizes so slowly as not to be, injured by contact with the contents of molasses-casks, and other liquid-containing vessels. |  |