US1259750A - Can-vise. - Google Patents

Description

A. c. c. KAISER.

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APPLICATION man. NOV. 22. 1.91.6.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

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A. C. C, KAISER.

CAN VISE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 22. 1916.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

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CAN-VISE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

Application filed November 22, 1916. Serial No. 132,875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AnoLrH C. C. KAISER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Can-Vises, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device which is designed for holding tin cans containing food products while they are being opened.

For the average person to whom such duty is delegated it is somewhat diflicult to hold a can with one hand and at the same time manipulate a can opener with the other hand and obtain a clean cut,usually a ragged cut is made, frequently the contents of the can being opened are spilled and occasionally one hand or the other is cut or scratched. This is especially true when the can is as large as the common tomato can, or as low as the ordinary salmon can, or is rectangular as is the usual sardine can, or if the can is heated as frequently is the case.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple, cheap and convenient device which can be quickly placed in position and easily manipulated for receiving and firmly holding hot or cold tin cans of any of the shapes and sizes commonly used for containing food products, and thus lea e both hands free for operating an opener.

In attaining this end a frame is formed with two sides that are angularly disposed with relation to each other and are desirably somewhat yielding, and with a bottom that has a series of sockets or openings, the sides providing two binding points for a can of any common shape and size, and the sockets forming bearings at different localities for the pivot of the locking cam which acts as the third binding point against the can to be held and opened.

The drawings illustrate two embodiments of the invention, one having the frame and walls formed of sheet metal and the other having the frame and walls formed of cast metal. Figure 1 shows a plan of the embodiment of the invention which is formed of sheet metal. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same with a portion of the frame broken away. Fig. 3 is a section on the plane indicated by the dotted line 3-3 on Fig. 1 before a can is clamped in the device. Fig. 4 is a similar section showing the position assumed by the wall when a can is clamped in the device. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a clip that is adapted to be attached to a table, bench or shelf so as to form a pocket for receiving a depending tongue or tail and temporarily retaining the device in position for use. Fig. 6 shows a plan of the form which is made of cast metal. Fig. 7 shows a side elevation of the modification with a portion broken away on line 77 on Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a view of the frame looking toward the retaining tongue or tail. Fig. 9 is a section on the plane indicated by the dotted line 99 on Fig. 6. Fig. 10 shows a section on the plane indicated by the dotted line 1010 on Fig. 6.

In the form of invention first illustrated the sides 1 of the frame and the bottom 2 are formed of sheet metal stamped to shape. At one end the side is extended downward so as to form a depending tongue 3, and at the other end the walls of the frame converge or are angularly disposed with relation to each other and are provided with upward extensions 4. These extensions are normally bent slightly inward and are in the construction shown formed on a plate 5 that is fastened to the bottom of the frame. In the bottom a series of openings or sockets 6 are punched. These sockets are arranged in a line from one end toward the apex of the converging walls at the other end, and they are made for receiving the pivot 7 of the cam 8 which is provided with an operating handle 9.

A clip 10 with front, end and bottom walls is provided for permanent attachment to the edge of a table, bench or shelf so as to form an angular pocket when it is secured in place into which the downwardly projecting tongue of the frame can be inserted when the device is brought out and put into position for use, and from which the tongue is lifted when the device is to be put away after use.

The can to be opened is placed on the bottom between the angularly disposed side walls of the frame and then the pivot of the clamping cam is placed in the exposed socket nearest to the can. When the handle is turned the cam clamps the can against the converging walls and locks it in position. The can thus secured is firmly held at three pointsby the two side walls and the cam so that it can be readily opened. At the side walls diverge, and as the cam can be located at different distances from the side walls, cans of various sizes and different shapes can be firmly locked in place, leaving both hands free for manipulating a can opener, and after the ean has been removed the device can be lifted from the clip and stored away.

Inthe second form of the invention whic is cast to shape the bottom 11 has holes 12 for the pivot 13 of the 'lockingcam, and the converging walls 14 are separated at the apex 15 so that the walls may yield slightly whenthecam is turned for locking a can in place. These walls are'shown as having inwardly projecting flanges 16 which aid in supporting the can. The fastening tail shown in this form has two downwardly projecting tongues 17 with flanges 18 that will engage the edges of the clip 19 which is firmly fastened to the table, bench or shelf, and onto which the. tail is slipped when it is desired-t0 use the device.

The invention claimed is;

1. A can Vise consisting of a frame hav ing two converging side walls and a bottom with a 'seriesof circular pivot holes arranged at difi'erentdistances from the apex of the space between said walls, a bindingcain having a pivot adapted to be reinovably insertedin any of said pivot holes, and means for'turning said cam on its pivot.

2. A can vise consisting of a frame having two converging outwardly yielding side walls and a bottom with a series of circular pivot holes arranged at different distances Gopiesot this patent may be obtained for 3. A can vise consisting of a frame having two upstanding side walls disposed at "an angle to each other, socketed bottom and depending attachment tongue, and a binding cam having a pivotadapted to looselyfit any of said sockets and a handle whereby the cam may be turned on its pivot.

4. A can vise consisting of'a frame having. two upstanding outwardly yielding side walls disposed at an angle to each other, socket'ed bottom and depending attachment tongue, and a binding cani havinga pivot adapted to loosely fitany of said sockets and a handle whereby'the cam may be turned on its pivot.

5. Acan vise consisting of two outwardly yielding jaws with upstanding side walls disposed at an angle to each other, a tongue extending toward the spacebetween the ends of said jaws, said tongue having a series'of circular pivot holes at different distances from the ends of said jaws, a binding cam having a pivot adapted to be reinovably inserted in any of'said pivotholes, anda handle whereby the caminay beturned 'on its pivot.

ADOLPH o.- o. KAISER.

Washington, D. 0.

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