US132708A

US132708A - Geoege

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Publication number: US132708A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1872-11-05
Anticipated expiration: 1889-11-05

Description

G.C.BALLARD.

Improvementin Hand CornSheHer&

No, 132,708, Patented Nov. 5,1872.

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AWin asses. In Venter. @d%%amm^ f /aww GEORGE C. BALLARD, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

.IMPROVEMENT iN HAND CRNSHELLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 132,70@ dated November 5, 1872.

To all whom lt may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE G. BALLARD, oi' Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a cert-ain new and Improved Hand Corn-Sheller; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and complete description thereof, rei'- erence being had to the accompanying drawing making part of the same.

Figure l is an inside view of the sheller as when spread open. Fig. 2 is an end view of the sheller when closed for use. Fig. 8 is a detached section. i

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

The object of this invention is to shell corn by hand; and consists of a pair of frames connected to each other by a pair of links, said links being pivoted to the frames, thereby making a flexible connection. Each of the two frames is alike provided on the inside with a web of wire-netting; so also are the two links attached to each other by a similar web of wirenetting.

A more full and detailed description of the corn-sheller is as follows: A B represent the two frames above referred to. Adetached view of one of them is shown in Fi g. 3. Said frames are concave on the inner side, whereas the outer sides are convex so, also, are the links C alike concave-convex, and the webs of wiregauze D are made to conform therewith, as shown in Fig. 2. The three sections are connected to each other by pivotal joints a,`i'ormed by the ears E, constituting the joints ot' the sections. The outer sections or frames A B are also connected to each other by a band of leather, F, or other suitable material, the leather being attached to the bars of the frames, which form the back of the sheller. G are a pair of loops, in which the thumb and finger are inserted for holding the sheller while in use.

The practical operation oi' the above-de scribed corn-Sheller is as follows: The operator inserts his thumb and the middle linger each in one of the loops G, thereby bringing the palm oli' the hand upon the back ofthe sheller. By this means the sheller becomes a supplementary palm for the hand, which is A opened and closed by opening and shutting the lingers. In the left hand is held an ear of corn by one end. The opposite end is then grasped by the jointed sheller, which is opened and then closed around it for that purpose. A twist is now given t0 the ear, or the ear is held firmly while the sheller is wrenched around the ear, by which means nearly all the grain clasped by the sheller. is loosened at once, which is done with less effort than is required to start one kernel for the reason that the grain on the sides of the one kernel binds Vit in, so that it can be moved only by great eli'ort but when all the kernels grasped by the sheller are started at once, which they will bein this luse of the sheller, the grain is easily wrung from the cob. The interstices or meshes ot' the wire-netting are of that dimen` sion to allow the kernels to t therein; hence a hold is had on very many of them at once, so that a general strain is exerted upon them and they become loose and fall from the cob.

l Claims.

flexible material, in the manner as described,

and for the purpose specified.

GEO. O. BALLARD. Witnesses:

JOHN H. BURRIDGE, A. F. CORNELL.