The Apple Parer Patent Archive

The cast-iron ingenuity of the American kitchen

Corn husking tool

Patent 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, 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 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, 1875Patent 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, 1879Line 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, 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, 1879Technical patent drawing of a curved metal husking pin with a leather guard-strap forming a finger loop, an adjusting strap, and a rear knob, shown in six labeled figures.HUSKING-PIN.Hazen H. Perkins · December 28, 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