The Apple Parer Patent Archive

The cast-iron ingenuity of the American kitchen

Agricultural implement

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, 1857Patent 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, 1867Two 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, 1868Patent drawing showing a leather glove worn on a hand with metal claws attached to the thumb and fingers, alongside separate views of the thumb cot and glove finger pieces with hook-like claws and buttonholes.IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-HUSKERSHenry L. Hall · April 6, 1869Two 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, 1871Drawing of a hand wearing a shirt cuff, with a pointed metal pin gripped between the fingers and a curved metal thumb-stall tube secured to the thumb by a cord, the two jaws meeting to grip and tear a corn husk.IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-HUSKING IMPLEMENTSOliver J. Warren · February 25, 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, 1874Line 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, 1875Illustration 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 hand wearing a small metal husking device on the fingers, with a curved hooked shank and a spirally twisted pointed pin projecting upward, alongside three additional side-view diagrams labeled Fig. 2, Fig. 3, and Fig. 4 showing the parts A, B, C, and D of the mechanism.CORN-HUSKING IMPLEMENT.Jacob Nixon · March 7, 1882Patent 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 showing a hand wearing a curved metal corn-husking implement strapped across the palm with a toothed thimble on the thumb, alongside detached views of the sliding two-part frame and thimble.CORN-HUSKER.Theodor H. Mehring · August 14, 1888Patent drawing of a metal husking pin with a pointed tip, adjustable threaded sleeve, and looped finger straps secured by a buckle, shown in perspective and side-section views with a hand illustrated in dotted lines.HUSKING-PIN.Hazen H. Perkins · June 3, 1890A pen-and-ink patent drawing showing a human hand wearing a metal husking pin strapped around the forefinger, with additional detail views of the curved pin, adjustable strap, and staple fastening mechanism.CORN-HUSKER.Joe S. Cuttell · September 23, 1890Line 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 metal husking pin with a curved point, a leather finger-stall strap looped through slotted stop-plates, an adjusting strap with a buttoned knob at the rear, and a rubber-covered handle grip.HUSKING-PIN.Hazen H. Perkins · February 8, 1898