US14259A - Instrument for grating green corn - Google Patents

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BENJN. TAYLOR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

INSTRUMENT FOR GRATING GREEN CORN.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 14,259, dated February 12, 18156.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN TAYLOR, of the city of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Instrument for Grating Green Corn; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an apparatus for reducing green corn to a pulp, to be used for various articles of diet, and consists of a flat or concave piece of wood or metal supported on legs and having an oblong hole, across which is placed longitudinally a metal scraper Whose edge projects above the said iat or concave piece. To the latter are secured a series of short vspikes arranged a short distance from each other and longitudinally along the edge of the oblong hole. A flat piece of wood with projecting spikes for piercing the cob or corn enables the operator to rub the latter backward and forward against the spikes and scraper, the former of which tears and opens the kernels and the latter removes the pulp, which drops through the oblong hcle into any convenient receptacle below, leaving nearly all the skin or hull adhering to the cob.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

On reference to the drawing which forms a part of this specification, Figure l is a longitudinal section of my improved instrument; Fig. 2, a view of the cob holder; Fig. 3, an inverted plan of the same; Fig. 4L, a ground plan of the grater; Fig. 5, a transverse section of the same; Fig. 6, a transverse section showing a modied form of grater.

The same letters of reference allude to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is a flat or concave piece of wood or metal attached to the legs B, and having in the middle an oblong opening G, across which is 'secured the metal scraper C projecting with its edge about an eighth of an inch above the surface of A. A series of spikes cl about three siXteenths of an inch high and about an eighth of an inch apart are ranged longitudinally with the opening G and about three eighths of an inch from its edge. In some instances I place a similar row of spikes on the opposite side cf the opening, but for general purposes I find one row suliicient.

E is the cob holder having a series of spikes f, f, which penetrate the cob and thus enable the operator to rub the same backward and forward against the spikes Z and scraper C, eifectually tearing open the kernels of corn removing the pulp, which drops through the opening G, and leaving mcst of the skin and hull adhering to the co Viewing the apparatus as shown in Fig.

5 the piece A with the spikes and scraper is straight, it may however be concave as seen in Fig. 6 the spikes and scraper being curved to correspond.

In removing the pulp from corn an ordinary tin grater has been hitherto used rendering the process tedious and ineffective. By my instrument twelve ears of corn can be reduced to pulp with facility in ten minutes.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The flat or concave piece of wood or metal A with its opening G, scraper C, and one or more rows of spikes cl, the whole being arranged and constructed substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

BENJ. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

HENRY HowsoN, WILLIAM E. WALTON.

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