Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6305276 | Apparatus for extracting creamed corn An apparatus for cutting kernels of fresh corn from ears thereof and recovering kernels and cream therefrom for eating or preserving for future eating. The apparatus comprises a hand-held electric drill having a drill bit adapted to grip the ear at its st... | 10/23/2001 |
| 5544575 | Sheller for seed corn Apparatus for shelling seed corn in a manner which minimizes damage to the individual kernels includes a generally closed housing open at the top to receive ears of corn and having lower apertures for discharging the corn cobs to waste and recovering the ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5454303 | Sheller for seed corn Apparatus for shelling seed corn in a manner which minimizes damage to the individual kernels includes a generally closed housing open at the top to receive ears of corn and having lower apertures for discharging the corn cobs to waste and recovering the ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 4318415 | Apparatus for removing corn from cob An apparatus for removing intact kernels of corn from the cob is described. The apparatus of the invention includes a frame with friction means attached thereto for removing whole, intact kernels of corn from the cob. Also attached to the frame are means ... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4201227 | Corn shelling device A corn shelling device is disclosed comprising a support structure, a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted within the support structure and having an abrasive outer surface for shearing off the kernels, and power means for rotating each individual rolle... | 05/06/1980 |
