A hand-operated or powered device that removes kernels from a corn cob, most often to prepare feed for livestock. Whole cobs are fed in and pulled between two toothed wheels, usually metal, which strip the kernels away from the cob as it passes through. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Introduced Year OriginThe modern hand-cranked corn sheller was invented by Lester E. Denison of Middlesex County, Connecticut, who received a patent for his freestanding, hand-operated machine on August 12, 1839; his metal-toothed cylinder design was refined by a number of later patents. 1 Classification
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Maize, Crops a corn sheller removes maize kernels from the cob
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1. Corn Sheller (Wikipedia)
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Whole corn cobs are fed in. They are pulled between two toothed wheels, usually made of metal.
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A hand-operated or powered device that removes kernels from a corn cob, most often to prepare feed for livestock.
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