Can cutting device
AssigneeSmart Skin Technologies Inc.
InventorShawn Maurice Dale Durette
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Abstract
Improved systems and methods for cutting a can are provided. The system includes a can cutting device having a main body, a can support assembly, and a cutter. The can support assembly has a can support rotatable about a can support longitudinal axis. The can is positionable in a mounted position that holds the can body in contact with the can support at least at a cutting location. When the can is positioned in the mounted position, the can is rotatable about a can axis of rotation. When the cutting surface is in contact with the can body supported by the can support at the cutting location and the can is rotated about the can axis of rotation, the cutting surface cuts the portion of the can body at the cutting location.
Claims16
A can cutting device for a can having an open end, a base end, and a can body extending between the open end and the base end, the can cutting device comprising:
- a main body;
- a can support assembly coupled to the main body, the can support assembly having a shaft and a can support rotatably coupled to the shaft, the can support being rotatable about a can support longitudinal axis;
- and
- a cutter coupled to the main body, the cutter having a cutting surface,
- wherein:
- the can support is insertable through the open end of the can and the can is movably positionable on the can support, and, in a mounted position, the can being mounted in a position that holds the can body in contact with the can support at least at a cutting location,
- when the can is positioned in the mounted position:
- the can is rotatable about a can axis of rotation,
- the cutting surface is positionable to contact the portion of the can body supported by the can support at the cutting location, and
- when the cutting surface is in contact with the portion of the can body supported by the can support at the cutting location and the can is rotated about the can axis of rotation, the cutting surface cuts the portion of the can body at the cutting location.
A method of cutting a can having an open end using a can cutting device, the method comprising:
- providing the can cutting device, the can cutting device having a can support and a cutter having a cutting surface;
- adjusting the can cutting device to a loading position for receiving the can;
- inserting the can support through the open end of the can and movably positioning the can on the can support such that the can is supported on the can support at a cutting location;
- adjusting the can cutting device to a cutting position such that the cutting surface contacts the can at the cutting location;
- and
- rotating the can such that the cutting surface cuts the can along a can circumference.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.