Early Corn Sheller Patents

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Early Hand Corn Sheller Patents

Updated 8/1/99

The following patents are only a sampling of the great variety of hand shellers patented in the 19th century. To view a small image of the patent illustration, click on its icon below. Use your browser's "back" button to return to this page.

Oct 21, 1856 W. Black, Allegheny City, Pennsylvania
Sep 4, 1860 Michael Housman, Huntington, Indiana
July 9, 1867, Henry Graeff, Birdsboro, Pennsylvania
Dec 11, 1866 Michael & Simeon Housman, Huntington, Indiana
May 21, 1867 E.E. Stedman, Randolph, Ohio
March 10, 1868 Charles Christian, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nov 24, 1868 Hafelfinger & Eagle, Washington, D.C.
Feb 2, 1869 W.J. Ludlow, Cleveland, Ohio
June 29, 1869 John Jordan, Red Wing, Minnesota
July 6, 1869 T. Weaver, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Nov 23, 1869 Charles O'Hara, Bolivar, Tennessee
Dec 27, 1870 James Gray, Louisville, Kentucky
Jan 18, 1870 Rupert Pfeifer, Linz, Austria, assigned to J. Nanerth, New Frankfort, Missouri
Jan 25, 1870 W. Patton & W. Middleton, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
April 12, 1870 T. Weaver, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Sept 13, 1870, George Reisinger, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
July 26, 1870 W.A. Middleton, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Oct 11, 1870 John Finley, Memphis, Tennessee
June 27, 1871 O. Bryhn & W. Farre, Montreal, Canada
July 18, 1871 Charles O'Hara, Cincinnati, Ohio
Nov 26, 1872, T. Weaver, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
March 11, 1873 Anthony Iske, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Oct 20, 1874 John Rupp, Four Corners, Iowa
May 18, 1875 F.H. Hunter, Heltonville, Indiana
Sep 7, 1875 John Wilson, Nashua, New Hampshire
Nov 28, 1876 E. Boobyer & W. Williams, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
March 27, 1877 Hosea Meggs, Polkton, North Carolina
Sept 17, 1878 Larkin Johnston, Pocahontas, Arkansas
March 25, 1879 George Grimes, Bluffton, Indiana
Dec 16, 1879 James Hawley, Odin, Illinois
Oct 23, 1880 Charles Shaw, Boston, Massachussetts

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