US105346A - Improvement in can-openers - Google Patents

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" Letters Paten-t No. 105,346, dated July' 12, 18,70.

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The Schedule ifeferrec`i to' in`these Letters Patent andmaking part of the sama To (all whom tt 'may conce/rn: h p 'Be it known that I, WILLTMI W. LYMAN, of' Meriden, in the coun ty of New Haven and State ot'Gonnectient, have invented a new Improvement in Gan-Opener; and I do herebydeclare the following, when taken in `connection with thc accompanying drawings and the letters of reference marked thereon,"to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionfof the saine, and which said drawings constitute part ofths specification, und represent in- -Figure 1, anedge view ofthe instrument;

Figure 2, an under-side view; and in Figure 3, a cent-ral section, ill sti-ating the manner of operation. f I,This invention 'relates toan improved instrument i for opening metal cans and boxes, and consists in constructing one end so as to enter and turn under the tinfandl form a pivot, combined with a rotating cutter or shear, arranged `so that, when the instrument is- -tunied lupon thexsaid pivot, the said rotating cutter will cut through the metal.

Ais an arm of anysuitable material, one end of which is formed with. a point, u, set below the end, so that,4 when thesaid end is passed through the metal and turned down, a bearing or vpivot will be formed betgveen thc said point andthe lever proper, as seen in e. 3.

At a'suitahle distance from the said pivot a circular cutter, d, is arranged, the axis of which is in a line radiating from lthe said pivot, and a groove is formed in the said lian'dleby a projection upon the under side, as seen in figs. l and 3, one side, c, of 4the said projection forming a guide or bearing, to run upon the surface otlthe meta-l, and serve as a guide for the 'depth of out, thc handle A extending to a sutiicientlength for convenient use.

'lo use thel instrument, press the point through the cover, as denoted in broken lines, tig. 3; then turn 'down tothe position in tig. 3, so that the pointwill run belowthe cover and the pivotpass through; then press the cutter down onto andthrongh the metal, ruiming the handle around, and the revolving cutter d cuts through the metal, so as to open the can, box, or whatever it may be.

I claim as my inventionf IThe handle A, provided at one end with the point a., and constructed so as to form a pivot, as described,

and having combined therewith a rotary cutter, Il, with its bearing e, the whole constructed aud operating sub,- stantially as described.

WM. YV, LYWAN.

Tituesses RATCLIFEE HICKS, R. H. FOSTER.

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