The Apple Parer Patent Archive

The cast-iron ingenuity of the American kitchen

Adjustable strap

Patent 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 slender pointed husking pin with a leather loop-strap threaded through holes near the heel and secured by a threaded nut, with two smaller cross-sectional details showing the heel mechanism.IMPROVEMENT IN HUSKING-PINS.George Armstrong · September 28, 1875Line drawing of a curved metal corn-husking implement with a hooked tang at one end, a flat perforated bar with an adjustable leather strap in the middle, and a threaded swiveling heel at the other end.IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-HUSKING IMPLEMENTSHugh W. Hill · December 14, 1875Line drawing of a leather corn-husking hand device showing a jointed thumb cot with lacing holes, a curved finger stall with a husking pin, and connecting adjustable straps and a wrist buckle strap, with smaller detail drawings of the individual leather blank patterns below.Husking-ImplementsWilliam E. Hall · August 19, 1879A drawing of a hand wearing a leather husking pin strapped across the fingers with an adjustable buckle, alongside a side-view section showing the strap and loop mechanism labeled with letters A through Y.HUSKING-PIN.John R. Satterthwaite · January 20, 1891Patent 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, 1893Patent 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, 1894Line 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, 1894