US1598080A - Can opener - Google Patents

Description

Aug. 31, 1926.

1,598.080 J. JAMES CAN OPENER Filed Oct. 2l, 1925 lill lill/ll wn'NEss y 'y l -VATTORNEY will engage the edges of the bar.

Patented Aug. 31, 1926.

UNlTEI STATES istante JOE JAMES, OF BROWNW'OOD, MISSOURI.

CAN OPENER.

Application filed October 21, 1925.

This invention relates to a can opener, the general object of the invention being to provide a device of this nature which can be adjusted to open cans of various sizes and which is so constructed that it will cut the can tops with but littleeffort on the part of the operator.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which z# Figure 1 is a view showing the invention in use.

Figure 2 is a plan view of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure lis a section on line 4:--4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view of the sliding member which carries the cutter.

Figure 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Figure 2.

In these views, 10 indicates a flat bar, to one end of which the handle 11 is secured, and the other end of which is slit, with the metal between the slits bent to provide the middle prong 12 of angle shape and the two curved prongs 13 which are of hook shape. The pointed prong 12 is designed to be pushed through the center of the can top to act as a pivot when the device is used for opening the can, the members 13 being designed to act as means for removing a bottle cap. A frame 111 is slidably mounted on the bar, and this frame carries the balls 15 in its curved side portions 16 so that the balls Thus the balls will rotate as the frame is moved on the bar and thereby produce an anti-friction bearing for the frame in its movement Serial No. 63,957.

on the bar or for the bar when moved in relation to the frame. A plate 17 is fastened to the under side of the frame and has one end bent downwardly and shaped to form a cutter 18. A spherical member 19 is fastened to the under side of the frame in. rear of the cutter by means of a rivet or bolt 20.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that when a can is to be opened, the prong 12 is forced through the can top at or adjacent the center thereof, so that the device will be pivotally connected with the can. Then the frame 1&1 is adjusted on the bar 10 until 'the knife 18 can be forced through the can top adjacent the edge thereof, and when this is done, the member 19 will engage the outer portion or flange of the top, or the can adjacent said flange and will roll on the same when the device is pushed or pulled around the can to cause the cutter to cut the top therefrom. By-having the cutter connected with the sliding frame, the device can be used for cutting cans of oval, square, oblong and other shapes as well as round cans.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in t-he combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope ofthe appended claim.

That I claim is A can opener comprising a stem having a point at one end, a handle at the other end, a frame slidably mounted on the stem and having' a flat central portion engaging the stem and rounded side portions at the edges of the stem, balls in said rounded portions engaging the stem, the ends of the rounded portions being closed to hold the balls in place, a cutter carried by the frame, a bolt carried by theV frame and a spherical member carried by the bolt and spaced from the cutter.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

Jon JAMES,

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