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US 12,637,342 B2Granted
Container opener
AssigneeDraft Top, Inc.
InventorsArmand Joseph Ferranti, Alexander Armand Caracappa, Lyra Turner
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Abstract
A container opener includes a clamp that holds a container; a puncturing device that punctures a lid of the container held in the clamp; a blade that cuts the lid from the container while the blade and the container rotate with respect to each other: and a separating device that separates the puncturing device from the lid.
Claims18
A container opener comprising:
- a clamp that holds a container;
- a puncturing device that punctures a lid of the container held in the clamp;
- a blade that cuts the lid from the container while the blade and the container rotate with respect to each other;
- a separating device that separates the puncturing device from the lid;
- and
- a handle, wherein motion of the handle in a downward direction moves the clamp inward to hold the container, moves the blade to be in contact with the container, and rotates the blade and the container with respect to each other.
3 more elements
A method of opening a container, the method comprising:
- clamping the container;
- puncturing a lid of the container by a puncturing device;
- capturing the lid by the puncturing device;
- rotating a blade and the container with respect to each other to cut the lid from the container;
- unclamping the container;
- and
- separating the puncturing device from the lid, wherein motion of a handle in a downward direction causes the clamping, the puncturing, and the rotating.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.