The Apple Parer Patent Archive

The cast-iron ingenuity of the American kitchen

19th century agricultural tool

Patent drawing showing two crossing scissor-like levers with a handle at one end and semicircular cutting blades and curved flanges at the other, plus a detailed cross-section of the overlapping cutter jaws.IMPROVED HAND IMPLEMENT FOR SEVERING THE BUTTS AND SEPARATING HUSKS FROM EARS OF CORNIsaac N. Whitaker · June 2, 1857Drawing showing a hand-worn corn husker with a curved metal wire and hook attached to a leather strap that fits around the fingers, illustrated from the palm side, back of the hand, and as a standalone device.IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-HUSKERSN. Evinger · March 15, 1870Two patent drawings of leather work gloves, one right-hand with a pronged metal husking-pin riveted across the palm, both studded with circular leather disks on the fingers, palm, and thumb, plus a separate detail drawing of the thumb showing the dense rivet cluster.CORN-HUSKING GLOVESJames Peters · June 19, 1877Patent drawing of a hand-held husking and pruning tool showing a long flat metal holder with a hooked end, a sliding pointed cutter, a curved pivoting lever with handles, and detail views of the hook, cutter, and an extension pole with pulley for tree pruning.IMPROVEMENT IN HUSKING AND PRUNING DEVICES.Daniel E. Dopp · February 25, 1879Patent drawing of scissor-like orange-picking clippers with curved, sloped blades shown clipping the stem of an orange within its cup-shaped depression, with cross-section details of the blade curvature below.INSTRUMENT FOR PICKING ORANGES.Charles Ducommun · August 7, 1888Patent drawing of a hand-held husking pin showing a curved metal plate with forked claws at one end, a sliding palm-piece and buckle at the other, and an adjustable strap with finger loop across the top, along with cross-sectional and end views labeled Figures 1 through 5.HUSKING-PIN.Svein M. Halvardsgaard · January 24, 1893Line drawing of a curved metal husking pin fitted with leather straps forming adjustable loops for the fingers and a guard strap protecting the hand, shown from multiple angles including a cross-section of the finger loop assembly.CORN-HUSKERHazen H. Perkins · January 30, 1894Patent drawing of a hand-held corn husker showing a curved metal pin mounted on a leather strap harness with adjustable finger loops and buckles, illustrated in four views plus a small sectional detail.CORN-HUSKER.Hazen H. Perkins · January 30, 1894Patent drawing of a curved metal hand plate with a strap and buckles, fitted with an adjustable hook that slides into a row of slots, shown from multiple perspective and detail views including the hook and screw fastening mechanism.CORN-HUSKER.Theophiel P. Walter · October 17, 1899