The Apple Parer Patent Archive

The cast-iron ingenuity of the American kitchen

19th century farm implement

Patent drawing of a hand-held cornstalk cutter with a wooden handle, a forked concave cutting plate at the tip, and two diverging metal springs above it for stripping leaves, alongside a cross-section showing the internal spiral spring mechanism.IMPROVEMENT IN CORNSTALK CUTTERS AND STRIPPERS.Nelson Gabel · January 30, 1866Patent drawing showing a curved metal hand plate with a hooked point and wing piece, shown both as a standalone device and fitted over a hand with fingers curled to grip an ear of corn.IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-HUSKERSIgnatius Philbrook · March 13, 1866Patent drawing of a hand-held sorghum stripping and cutting tool showing a long wooden handle attached to a hooked fixed blade and a pivoting jaw blade controlled by a lever, with a second close-up view of the blade mechanism.IMPROVEMENT IN IMPLEMENTS FOR STRIPPING AND CUTTING SORGHUMJames Guckian · July 17, 1866Two patent drawings show a leather hand-strap corn husker: one fitted onto a human hand with a curved steel hook near the thumb, and one detached showing the strap, buckle, and hook labeled A, B, C, D.IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-HUSKERS.J. Hindman · January 22, 1867Line drawing of a hand-held sorghum stripper showing a curved metal hook and double-edged knife mounted on a sliding sheathed bar with a wooden handle, shown in two views labeled Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 with lettered reference parts.Cane-Stripper.Isaac E. Overpeck and John A. Overpeck · March 12, 1867Patent drawing showing four figures: a flat curved sheet-metal pattern labeled a, b, c, d (Fig. 4); a small bent thumb guard (Fig. 2); a side view of the formed shield (Fig. 1); and a hand wearing the finished metal shield on the thumb (Fig. 3).IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-HUSKING SHIELDAlmon C. Robinson · April 16, 1867Patent drawing of a leather glove with metal-tipped fingers and thumb, a wrist strap and buckle, and small spurs at the fingertips for splitting corn husks, shown from both back and front views.IMPROVEMENT IN GLOVE FOR HUSKING CORNAlbert W. Preston · June 18, 1867Three patent drawings show a metal corn-husking thimble: a side-section view fitted on a thumb, a perspective view with an elastic strap and tongues, and a flat cut sheet-metal blank labeled with reference letters A, a, b, c, d.IMPROVEMENT IN HUSKING-THIMBLEH. J. Kintz · March 16, 1869Patent drawing showing a right hand and a left hand each wearing a leather glove fitted with metal claw plates on the thumb and forefinger, with separate detail views of the four individual claw plates below.IMPROVEMENT IN HAND CORN-HUSKERSHenry L. Hall · February 25, 1873A patent drawing showing a leather glove with a forked metal plate and spring husking device strapped across the palm using a cord, alongside a detached perspective view of the husking mechanism labeled with letters A, B, B', C, and cross-section details in Figures 3 and 4.IMPROVEMENT IN HAND CORN-HUSKERSJames Peters · July 25, 1876Line drawing of an open right hand wearing a leather glove, with letters A, B, B1, and b marking rubber-and-sand coated strips on the fingertips, finger joints, and palm.IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-HUSKING GLOVESCyrus Mercer Townsend · May 21, 1878Patent drawing showing a pointed metal husking pin strapped across a hand's fingers with adjustable leather straps and a laced forefinger cot, plus separate enlarged side and back views of the detached pin assembly.Husking-PinWilliam E. Hall · June 17, 1879Patent drawing of a pointed husking peg with a curved handle and a separate metal ring fitted loosely near its base, shown both assembled and in exploded detail with labeled parts A, B, c, d, and J.Husking-PegJames V. Guy · December 16, 1879Patent drawing showing a wire and leather corn-husking device strapped onto a human thumb, with labeled parts including prongs, side bars, cross-bar, and lacing straps, alongside detail views of the bent wire form and metal securing strip.CORN-HUSKER.John E. Miller · February 11, 1890Drawing of a forearm wearing a strap-mounted hook device, with one hand holding an ear of corn near the hook, and a second detail view of the strap and hook assembly alone.CORN-HUSKER.Horace Greeley Baker · April 29, 1890Patent drawing of a leather and metal-mesh husking glove showing a hinged metal finger-cap with a pointed husking hook, a linked wire-ring palm and cuff, buckled wrist straps, and a rigid thumb ferrule with a nail-like flange.CORN-HUSKER.Marcus W. Bailey · April 13, 1897