Can lid remover

Can lid remover for use when opening a paint can or other can, at its upper end provided with an opening, surrounding by an outer peripheral flange (49) and closed by means of a lid (47) having a central main portion, sunk into the can opening, a cylindrical wall portion, projecting in an upward direction from said main portion, and an outer peripheral flange (48) which is provided at the upper end of said wall portion and by means of which the lid (47) is supported resting on said flange (49) of the can with its cylindrical wall portion in contact with the inner side of the can, said can lid remover comprising a pair of mutually expandable wedge means (17, 23) which may be driven in between the lid flange (48) and the can flange (49) in adjacent initial positions in which they are located in side-by-side relationship in a common plane and which, after having been driven in between said two flanges, may be moved in relation to each other in a direction substantially perpendicular to said plane to mutually expanded positions while lifting the lid flange (48) from the can flange (49), characterized in that it also comprises a holder-up (24) which is located in front of the wedge means (17, 23) and adapted to be applied against the inner side of the cylindrical wall portion of the lid (47) and which may be moved in relation to the wedge means (17, 23) from an outer end position at a greater distance from these means to an inner end position at a shorter distance from these means while forcibly driving in the wedge means (17, 23) between the lid flange (48) and the can flange (49), and means (21) for releasably holding the wedge means (17, 23) in their adjacent initial positions during at least an initial portion of the movement of the holder-up (24) from its outer end position to its inner end position.