US797437A - Bottle-opener. - Google Patents

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L. A. KING. BOTTLE OPENER.

AlLIGATIoN FILED SEPT. 29,1904.

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Patented flug. l5, 1905.

Application iilcd September 29, 1909i. Serial No. 226,459.

lic it known that I, Louis A. Kind, a citizen ol the United States, and a resident ot' tialem, in the county ot Essex and tiltate of li/lassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Openers, ot' which the following is a sl'ieciiication.

This invention relates to improvemel'its in bottle-openers of the kind in which a cardboard cover is used as a stopper ilor milkcans or similar receptacles; and it consists ol a simple device `for removing said cardboard cover from the can whenever it is desired to remove the contents ot the can, as will hereinafter be described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, where-- Figure l is a section oi' the neel; of a mill:- can, showing the bottle-opener in position for removing the cardboard stopper. liig. EZ is a top plan view loi? the milk-can and the bottleopener, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bottle-opener.

@imilar letters relier to similar parts wherever they occur on the difii'erent parts olf the drawings.

l represents the neck of a glass bottle or milk-can as usual, provided with a removable cardboard stopper B.

t is the upper annular curved edge of the neck of the milk-can as usual.

rthe opener device consists olI a twisted-wire handle U, preferably terminating as a looped end D.

ll wish to state that li do not conl'ne myself to this exact form oi construction, as the parts i] D may be made ol wire or pressed out ci plate metal, as may be most suitable or convenient.

The forward end oi' the handle terminates as sharp prongs E lil, adapted to lbe pushed through the cardboard previous to the removal oiI the latter.

Above the prongs E E are arranged loops lt" l?. extending forward oi. the sharp prongs lil E and serving as a guard vtor preventing the hand from coming in contact with the sharp points when manipulating the device.

lli-lack ol' the loops Yl41 ll*1 are arranged upright restsieagainst which may be placed the thumb or linger when the pointed ends l@ are pressed into the cardboard.

liacl of the iinger-rests il* is a curved pertion ll, serving' as a linlcrnm for the handle and supporting it upon the curved edge d oli the neck of the bottle aiiter the points lil have been inserted through the cardboard cover previous to prying out the latter by moving the handle in the direction shown b v arrow in Fig. l.

ln using the device the operator takes hold of the handle and places his thumb or linger against the upright (i and punctures the cardboard ll by the sharp prongs E and lays the fulcrum portion ll oi the handle on the rounded edge c oll the mouth oil the can and pries the cardboard cover out oli the can by bending the handle downward in the direction oi the arrow shown in Fig. l, causing the cover to be readily detached from the can.

W hat li wish to secure by Letters lzatent and claim isl. di device ol the class described, including a handle terminz'iting in prongs, a guard extended beyond and in parallelism with the said prongs and having upright rests, and a lulcrum at the rear o said rests adaar ted to bear on the neel; oli a, bottle.

2. A bottle-opener, inclinling a handle having a separated end forming prongs, and a guard extended beyond the same and in parallelism. therewith, upright rests arranged at right angles to the guard, and a iiulcrnnl portion above the prongs intermediate the said rests and the handle.

ln testimony whereol' l hav i a llixed my signature in iviresence el two witnesses.

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