The Apple Parer Patent Archive

The cast-iron ingenuity of the American kitchen

19th century farm tool

Patent drawing showing a metal thimble worn on a human finger, with a curved artificial fingernail attached to its upper forward end, along with separate top, end, and cross-sectional views of the thimble.HUSKING-THIMBLE.J. H. Gould · May 13, 1856Line drawing of a right hand wearing a leather husking-palm strap across the palm, with a small iron plate labeled A, B, and C bearing a pointed steel tang riveted at its center, secured by a strap and buckle.IMPROVED HUSKING-PALMDavid E. Shaw · November 10, 1857Two hand-drawn illustrations show a fingerless glove with a toothed metal shield on the palm being used to grip and strip husk from an ear of corn, with a separate detailed view of the glove itself showing rows of small teeth or pins.HUSKING AND SHELLING GLOVEEmil Cohen · January 5, 1858Patent drawing showing a hand-operated corn husking forceps tool with labeled parts including forceps, knife, spring, lever, and wedge, alongside two illustrations of a farmer wearing the strapped device while husking corn stalks in a field.CORN-HUSKER.Daniel C. Smith · May 11, 1858Patent drawing showing a man in a top hat and suit holding an ear of corn with a strapped forceps-style husking tool, alongside detailed mechanical views of the forceps, lever, spring, knife, and fork components of the husking machine.CORN-HUSKER.Daniel C. Smith · August 2, 1859Drawing of a right hand wearing a metal palm plate labeled A strapped with a leather band labeled B, with a curved hook labeled C projecting toward the fingers and a button labeled D near the thumb.IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-HUSKERSThomas J. Brown · August 21, 1866Patent drawing showing a metal husking plate with hook ends riveted to a leather strap, shown flat, in side profile, and buckled around fingers in use.IMPROVEMENT IN CORN HUSKERJames F. Winchell · January 1, 1867Patent drawing of a leather glove with metal tubular claws attached to the fingers and thumb for husking corn, shown both worn on a hand and as separate detached claw pieces.IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-HUSKERJoseph Sechrist · September 24, 1867A drawing shows a hand gripping a curved hook-shaped corn husker with labeled points A, C, and D, alongside a separate side-view diagram of the same S-shaped tool.IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-HUSKERLyman H. Johnson · April 7, 1868Two drawings of a human hand wearing a leather glove fitted with pivoted metal plates on the thumb and index finger, secured by curved straps, shown from the top in a closed fist and from the palm side with fingers open.IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-HUSKERGeorge E. Stewart · July 7, 1868Two patent drawings show a curved wooden hand-worn corn-husking block with a pivoted, pointed metal blade on top secured by rubber bands, and a separate enlarged bottom view of the crescent-shaped serrated cutter with its adjustment slot.IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-HUSKERSJost Stengel and Charles C. Davey · July 11, 1871Line drawing of a hand gripping a curved husking pin fitted with finger loops and a spring-hinged, roughened thumb-plate, with a separate detail view of the detached pin and guard below.IMPROVEMENT IN HAND CORN-HUSKERS.Charles Melsom O'Hara · August 1, 1871Patent drawing of a hand corn husker made from a bent strip of hoop-iron with serrated tong ends, a thumb strap labeled D, and a leather finger stall B attached diagonally with an adjustable hand strap C, shown in two views labeled Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.IMPROVEMENT IN HAND CORN-HUSKERSSamuel H. Mitchell · December 3, 1872A patent drawing of a glove with metal thimbles fitted over each finger and thumb, each thimble marked with a bead B' at the tip, alongside a separate close-up section of one finger thimble labeled Fig. 2 showing the internal knife-edge blade and securing bead.IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-HUSKING THIMBLESGeorge W. Gash and Charles L. Owens · April 15, 1873A patent drawing showing a metal husking peg with a curved bar and hook-like horn worn across the fingers of a hand, secured by straps and rings, with a separate plan-view diagram labeling the bar, curve, knob, horn, straps, and rings.Corn-HuskersDavid Babbitt · December 22, 1874Illustration of a hand wearing a leather-strapped metal husking pin with a curved hooked prong extending across the fingers, alongside detail views of the pin and strap components.Corn-Husking Implement.Edward F. Rate · June 4, 1878Patent drawing showing a small metal hand corn husker with a hooked toothed spur worn on a hand's forefinger, plus separate perspective views of its two interlocking curved sections and a cross-section detail.HAND CORN-HUSKER.Alexander W. Brinkerhoff · February 21, 1882Line drawing of a metal hand corn-husker with forked concave claws strapped over a hand by an adjustable leather band, shown both worn on the hand and as a standalone plate.HAND CORN-HUSKER.Robert Caldwell McMinn · August 12, 1884Patent drawing showing a curved metal husking pin with a hook and pointed tip, fitted with a perforated leather strap, along with a view of the pin attached to a mitten and an edge view showing finger placement in dotted lines.CORN-HUSKING DEVICENoah Evinger · March 2, 1886Patent drawing of a scissor-like corn husker with two long loop handles, curved toothed jaws that close into a cup shape with a central hole, and a side view showing the angled blade and pivot pin.CORN-HUSKER.Theodor H. Mehring · August 14, 1888Line drawing of a hand wearing a metal husking pin strapped across the fingers with leather loop straps and a buckle, alongside separate side and sectional views of the pin, straps, rings, and finger cot.CORN-HUSKER.Hazen H. Perkins · January 30, 1894Patent drawing of a hand-held corn-husking device made of two curved metal plates joined by a spring, with pointed grippers and wrist and finger straps, shown in multiple views including one clutching an ear of corn.CORN-HUSKING IMPLEMENT.John Landsiedel · June 1, 1897Patent drawing of a hand-worn corn husker showing a curved metal plate arching over the thumb base with a hook, attached to buckled palm and wrist straps, with detail views of the hinge and slot mechanisms below.CORN HUSKER.William Franklin Lillie · September 26, 1899