US133659A - Improvement in hand corn-huskers - Google Patents

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S H. MITCHELL.

Hand Corn-Huskers.

No. 133,659, Patented DEC-3,1872.

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sAM'Un-L H. MITCH-ELMO}? LAGON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAND CORN-HUSKERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,659, dated December 3, 1872.

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. MITCHELL of Lacon, in the county of Marshall and in the Stateof Illinois, have invented an Im-v proved Corn Picker or'Husker; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part of this specification, in which like letters of reference refer to like parts, and in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view, showing the bearing of the inner end of the husker against the hand; and Fig. 2, a superficial or plan view of the husker,'showing the origin of the thumb and forefinger, so that in taking hold of an ear of corn or its husk a strong twist of this implement may be given to wrench or tear off the husk more readily and with greater efiect than with a mere rectilinear pull and main or sheer force, as exem-' plified in nearly all known hand-huskers.

I A A represent the two equal arms of the husker, the best size of which may be about five to six inches in length, and about from one-half inch to three-fourths of an inch in width, and made of one piece of hoop-iron, not too thick to fatigue the hand in closing it when ready for use, bent in the middle with a fair circular curve, 0, to get the full amount of .springiness from the material. The arms may be brought or bent so as to remain about two inches asunder, and for greater strength may each be curved longitudinally. The ends are returned toward one another with serrated edges b b, so that the teeth on one side or arm pass into the spaces between the other teeth. 0n the lower arm, near the middle, is -attached a strap, D, large enough to admit the thumb of the wearerw-a good mode of attaching the same being showninthe drawing, viz.,three holes with about the distance of half an inch between each, the middle hole being at the middle of the arm. Through the hole nearest to the inner or spring end of the same is passed the endof the thumb-strap D, which is out (like the head of an arrow) with barbs f, and, passing through this hole, runs along the inside of said arm into the next perforation, where the barbs cut on each side of the point of the leather prevent its return. The other end of this strap is held in a similar mannerby the third hole near the end of the arm. To the upper arm is attached a finger;stall, B, which may belaced together at the top for better adjustment to the finger. I

This end of the stall is fastened diagonally across, the arm, so that two or more fingers may press upon the same-a good form of attachment being shown in the drawing, viz.,

by rivets passing through the iron and that part of the stall resting upon the iron. One end of the stall B is lengthened into a strap, d, which is confined by a loop or similar device to a strap, (J, which is fastened round the hand by a button, buckle, or other adjustable device.

The operation of this device needs little or no description; but as there are two ways of wearing and managing it, I will describe both: First, the forefinger is placed within the stall B, and the thong O secured around the hand; the thumb is placed within the strap D, and the second or the second and third fin- I gers resting upon the end of the upper arm of the husker or upon each other, to obtain extra power, if necessary, in holding the husks within the teeth in wrenching them off by a strong pull to the right and downward accompanied by a twist of the hand. By this motion the spring-end of the husker has a strong bearingagainst that part of the hand between the origin of the thumb and forefinger; one of the objects obtained by'the present device-Le, lengthening the tongs beyond the part of the hand mentioned. Second, the husker may also be used in the reverse way to the one above described-t. 0., by inserting the thumb in the stall B and the forefingerin the strap D, and retaining the spring e in the hollow of the palm.

What I claim as my invention is A corn-husker, composed of the sin gle strip In testimony that I eiaim the foregoing cornof metal, bent so as to form the spring e, as husker I have hereunto set my hand this 23d described, and provided with the teeth b b, day of September, 1872.

and combined with the strapD and diagonally- SAMUEL H. MITCHELL. arranged stall B having strap d and adjusta- Witnesses:

ble hand-strap O, substantially as herein set EDSON ROMAINE,

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