The Apple Parer Patent Archive

The cast-iron ingenuity of the American kitchen

Hoop-iron tongs

Patent 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, 1872