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1. An automatic corn husking machine for partially husking an ear of corn having a crosscut end and a butt end and including a cob to which a plurality of kernels is attached and a husk covering the plurality of kernels, the automatic corn husking machine comprising:
a conveyor having a crosscut side and a butt end side; a crosscut end blade positioned parallel to the crosscut side of the conveyor and further positioned so that when the ear of corn passes under the crosscut end blade, the crosscut end blade cuts a portion of the husk and also fully severs a tip portion of the cob, leaving the severed tip portion hanging inside the partially cut husk hanging along the crosscut side of the conveyor; a cob pusher positioned downstream from the crosscut end blade that pushes the ear of corn toward a guide plate; an inner guide block that causes the tip portion to be completely removed from the husk, but leaving an un-severed portion of the husk intact; a pair of pinch rollers positioned downstream from the guide plate and inner guide block, the pair of rollers positioned to accept the un-severed portion of husk; and wherein the pair of pinch rollers rotate in opposing directions and are positioned to engage the un-severed portion of husk to remove the un-severed portion of husk from the ear of corn, thereby exposing a strip of kernels on the cob. |
