US1295902A

US1295902A - Can opener and sealer.

Info

Publication number: US1295902A
Application number: US12614816A
Authority: US
Inventors: Clyde E Jordan
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1916-10-17
Filing date: 1916-10-17
Publication date: 1919-03-04
Anticipated expiration: 1936-03-04

Description

C. E. JORDAN. CAN OPENER AND SEALER. APPLICATION FILED OCT-11.1916.

V Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

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WITNESSE? 7 n o ATTORNEY CLYDE E. JORDAN, or TREGO, MONTANA.

CAN OPENER AND SEALER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 4, 1919.

Application filed October 17, 1918. Serial No. 126,148.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLYDE E. JORDAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Trego, in the county of Lincoln and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in (Jan Openers and Sealers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a seal or cover for cans containing preserved substances and particularly fluids, such as condensed and evaporated milk and other fluids which may be removed from the can by merely puncturin one end thereof.-

another object of the invention is to proyide in connection with the seal or cover for a can, means forming a part thereof forpuncturing holes in the top of said can, through either of which the fluid may pour from the can while air enters the other hole, said puncturing means when a portion only of the contents of the can has been removed being adapted to enter said openings and close the same simultaneously with the covering of the open end of the can. 1

A further object of the invention is to provide a cover or seal to fit tightly over the open end of a can and having a handle for removing and replacing the same thereon and also provided with means'for punctur ing holes in the top of the can through which the fluid contents may be removed and which puncturing means also forms a seal for the openings.

With the above as the principal objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the claim and illustrated in the acco panying drawings, in whichv Figure 1 is an elevation of the can cover or seal in position on one end of a can,

Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view of the same,

Fig. 3 is an inside view of the cover or can seal showing the position of the puncturing devices.

In the drawings, 10 indicates a can contalnlng preferably liquid substances such as .said top a short distance with a sides of the can, and extends some distance below the top thereof. Riveted on the fiat top 12 is a handle 14 of such size that-the hand may readily obtain a firm grasp thereon when it'is desired to place the cover on the can or remove the same therefrom. Rivets 15 which secure the handle 14 on the cover 11 extends through the flat top 12 and are there slightly enlarged to provide shoulders that bear against the inner side of the top 12 and which project downwardly from cylindrical form 16 and then terminate in conically projecting points 17.

In using the device the cover 11 is placed over the can and pushed downwardly in any suitable manner and with sufficient pressure to cause'the points 17 to puncture the top of the can as shown :11 Fig. 2, the cylindrical portions of said puncturing point passing into the openings thus formed and closing the same when the cover is down in its sealing position; The cc er may remain in the position described until it is to be used when the handle 14 is grasped in the hand and withdrawn from the can, the puncturing points being withdrawn from the openings in the can at the same time and thusleavin the can properly opened to permit the fluid therein to be poured out. Ifonl-y a portion of the contents of the can is required, the cover 11 is replaced on theopen end and in such'position that the puncturing points will enter the openings in the can to close the same when the cover has been pushed downwardly to its lowermost position. By this means the contents of the can is kept free from flies and other insects, dust and unsanitary exposure, and experience has shown that the contents of an opened can will remain sweeter a much longer time during warm weather than the contents ofan open can without such protection. This article is specially serviceable in lumbering and construction camps; surveying parties, outmg and tourist parties and wherever it is necessary to use portions only of fluids that have been preserved in cans.

What I claim is:

In an article of the kind described, a cap shaped member adapted to serve as a closure for an open can, a handle projecting upwardly from the top with a hand grippmg portion and with a depending leg at each end, rivets extendof said closure formed g I I 1,295,902

cap and havmg polnted ends for puncturing the top of the can to provlde means for the outflow of the fluid contents thereof and the inflow of air thereinto.

In testimon whereof I afiix my signature 1n presence 0 two wltnesses.

CLYDE E. JORDAN.

Witnesses:

O. F. Vosn,

C. A WATKINS.