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US 2003/0188443 A1Published application
Shearing snuff can opener
OwnerKevin Imer, Cornell Drajan JR.inventors
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Abstract
A can opener that has a circumferential support member that is manipulable by a user for axial rotation about a can. The circumferential support member has generally curved inner surface generally corresponding to the shape of the can. A cutting blade is mounted to the circumferential support member and includes a shearing portion configured for shearing at least a shearable portion of a can wall of the can against an opposing portion of the can that faces substantially axially, upon the axial rotation of the circumferential support member about the can.
Claims26
A can opener, comprising:
- a circumferential support member that is manipulable by a user for axial rotation about a can;
- and
- a cutting blade mounted to the circumferential support member and comprising a shearing portion configured for shearing at least a shearable portion of a can wall of the can against an opposing portion of the can that faces substantially axially, upon the axial rotation of the circumferential support member about the can.
A can opener, comprising:
- a circumferential support member that is manipulable by a user for axial rotation about a can;
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- a plurality of cutting blades mounted to the circumferential support member displaced circumferentially with respect to each other, each blade comprising a shearing portion configured for shearing at least a shearable portion of a can wall of the can against an opposing portion of the can that faces substantially axially, upon the axial rotation of the circumferential support member about the can.
A can opener, comprising:
- a circumferential support member that is manipulable by a user for axial rotation about a can;
- and
- a cutting blade mounted to the circumferential support member and comprising a shearing portion comprising:
- a leading edge on a circumferential side thereof configured for shearing at least a shearable portion of a can wall of the can against opposing portion of the can that faces substantially axially, upon the axial rotation of the circumferential support member about the can,
- a first blade surface extending from one axial side of the leading edge disposed for facing the opposing portion during the rotation, and
- a second blade surface extending from an opposite axial side of the leading edge from the first opener edge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.