Patent ID: 6729228
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: A23N

Abstract:
A device for cleaning an ear of corn, the corn including at least one of shuck and silk, said device comprising:a platform having a ton surface and a bottom surface; a cob cleaner aperture arranged in said platform, said cob cleaner aperture being configured to receive an ear of corn therethrough; and a cleaning member extending into said cob cleaner aperture, said cleaning member being configured to engage an ear of corn inserted into said cob cleaner aperture such that, as an ear of corn is rotated and pressed against at least a portion of said cleaning member, at least a portion of at least one of the shuck and silk are removed from the ear of corn; a cob support aperture arranged in said platform, said cob support aperture being configured to receive only a portion of the ear of corn and support the ear of corn in a substantially upright manner.