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US 5,313,708 AGranted
Can opener
AssigneeThe Rival Company
InventorsBillie R. Edwards, Mary K. Barrow
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AssigneeThe Rival Company
InventorsBillie R. Edwards, Mary K. Barrow
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A can opener of the type having a housing, a motor, a feed wheel for rotating a can about its axis, a gear assembly connecting the motor and the feed wheel, and a cutter for severing a can lid from a can includes a cutter control associatively connected to the cutter and operable to bias a switch contact to a closed position while the cutter is severing the can lid from the can and to automatically open the switch contact after the can lid has been severed, the cutter control comprising an integrally formed spring operable to engage an armature mounted on the housing, and a cutter support plate supporting the cutter and associatively connected to the cutter control, the cutter support plate operable to lower a magnet assembly into contact with the can lid when the cutter is moved into contact with the can lid and to raise the magnet assembly and the can lid when the cutter is raised from the can after the can lid has been severed from the can.
In a can opener of the type comprising a housing, a motor, a feed wheel for rotating a can about its axis, a gear assembly connecting the motor and the feed wheel, and a cutter for severing a can lid from a can, the improvement comprising:
A can opener comprising:
A can opener comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.