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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
JAMES PLUCK, OF HONDO, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-hALF TO H. MORGAN
KING, OF HONDO, TEXAS.
CORN-SHUCK CHOPPER.
SPEOIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 685,865, dated November 5, 1901.
Application filed February 15, 1900. Serial No. 5,401. No model.)To all whomm1 it ibay Conzcer :a
Be it known that I, JAMES PLUCK, a citizen
'of the United States, residing at Hondo, in the
county of Medina and State of Texas, have
3 invented a new and useful Corn-Shuck Chop-
per, of which the following is a specification.
My object is to provide an improved imple-
ment for cutting and removing the corn shuck
or husk from the ear of corn more rapidly than
ib any machine in the market.
The invention consists of a table having in
the middle of the top a longitudinal recess
with grooves on its sides, in which by means
of pressing downatreadle a horizontal knife-
15 blade slides to and fro. This knife-blade car-
ries on its upper side a pair of movable clamps
for holding an ear of corn in its place against
an upright standard which is fastened on top
of a stationary knife-blade. When pressing
2b down the treadle, the movable knife slides
against and under the stationary knife-blade,
thereby cutting the lower part of the ear of
torn and removing the corn shuck or husk off
the same, as set forth in detail hereinafter.
25 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is
a top view of the entire corn-shuck chopper.
Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. Fig. 3 is a
medial vertical longitudinal section of double
the scale of Fig. 2.
30 Similar letters refer to similar parts through-
out the several views.
A is a wooden table of convenient size.
B is a longitudinal recess in the top of the
table, inclosed by two wooden side pieces C
35 and two wooden end pieces D. To each of
the two side pieces C is screwed an iron guide
with longitudinal groove E, in which slides
to and fro a horizontal knife-blade F. This
knife-blade F carries on its sides, at the up-
4o per part, two upright curved jaws G, which
are fastened into the knife-blade by threaded
pins and nuts H at their extreme lower ends.
Springs I are riveted at one end to the out-
side of the jaws, and the curved end slides
45 against the guides E, thereby pressing the
jaws together sufficiently to grip the ear of
corn. To prevent the jaws closing completely,a stop J is placed into the knife-blade inside
against each jaw.
To the under side of the knife-blade F is 50
fastened a long loop K of wire cable by pass-
ing the ends through holes L and forming on
top of the knife-blade a knot. This long loop
extends from the rear under the knife-blade
to the front of the same, thereby passing over 55
a guide-roller 0. In the loop I is hooked
the connecting-rod M of the treadle N.
The under side of the knife-blade Fcarries
also at the center of its extreme end a stop P.
When the treadle N is pressed down with the 6o
foot, the stop P will force the upper end of
the steel spring Q, resting now against the
stop R, and which is conveniently fastened
with the lower end to the frame of the table,
in the direction to the front, and when the 65
treadle is released of the foot the spring Q
will force the knife-blade, with the jaws, back
to their former position, thereby lifting up
the treadle.
S is the stationary knife-blade, inserted into 70
the side pieces C and to be adjusted in the
vertical direction by two screws Uto the slid-
ing knife-blade F, that the same pass exactly
under the blade S and forms shears. The
knife-blade S carries at its top an upright iron 75
piece T, the same width as the open mouth of
the jaws G.
To relieve the ear of corn of the shuck or
husk, it is held against the upright T and
the treadle pressed down, when the jaws will So
grip the ear of corn and the knife-blade cut
the bottom part of the same. By relieving the
treadle the lower part of the ear of corn and
the shuck will fall down beneath the knife,
the jaws hold the clean ear of corn, and the 85
next when cut will shift the first one back in
the jaws. The third one drops the first ear
out of the rear part of the jaws into the chute
V of the machine, and so on.
Having fully described my invention, what 90
I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-
ent, is-
In a corn-shuck chopper the table A with
a longitudinal recess B provided with grooves
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Pluck, James. Corn-Shuck Chopper., patent, November 5, 1901; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514187/m1/3/?q=%22Agriculture+-+Farming+-+Corn%22: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.