The Apple Parer Patent Archive

The cast-iron ingenuity of the American kitchen

Husking glove

Patent 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, 1869Patent drawing showing a right hand and a left hand each wearing a leather glove fitted with metal claw plates on the thumb and forefinger, with separate detail views of the four individual claw plates below.IMPROVEMENT IN HAND CORN-HUSKERSHenry L. Hall · February 25, 1873A 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, 1873Patent drawing of a leather and metal-mesh husking glove showing a hinged metal finger-cap with a pointed husking hook, a linked wire-ring palm and cuff, buckled wrist straps, and a rigid thumb ferrule with a nail-like flange.CORN-HUSKER.Marcus W. Bailey · April 13, 1897Drawing of a leather hand-worn corn husking implement showing a curved hook mounted on a metal plate strapped across the palm and thumb with a buckle fastener at the wrist.CORN-HUSKING IMPLEMENT.Lewis F. Rife · August 2, 1898