Abstract: An electric can opener comprises an upper opening portion and lower base portion. The upper opening portion and the lower base portion are selectively attachable to and separable from each other. The upper opening portion and the lower base portion are operable as an upright countertop can opener when attached, and the upper cutting portion is operable as a walk-and-cut can opener when separated from the lower base portion.

Abstract: The instant application discloses, among other things, a Seal Cutter, which may allow a user to cut along the inner edge of the seal on a container, for example, a food jar, for easy removal of the seal and access to the container's contents. In one embodiment, the Seal Cutter may comprise a handle configured to fit within the user's hand. It may have a blade, or other cutting device, attached to the bottom surface of the handle. The Seal Cutter may also have a housing compartment which may hold an elongated plunger and a spring. When the user presses the plunger face plate against the edge of a container, the blade may become exposed and may be used to cut along the inner edge of the container's seal for easy removal.

Abstract: To solve problems in a conventional electric can opening apparatus wherein it is impractical to drain the unwanted liquid from the inside of the can after opening the container and disposing of the top lid or top without touching it. The composite can opener includes a body with a gripping member gripping a can while an opening member cuts the top of the can open and a piston that selectively pushes the top into and out of the can after it has been cut.

Abstract: An electric can opener for opening a top of a metal can which includes a housing that has a top end and a front side. A can cutting mechanism is on the front side of the housing proximate the top end of the housing. A hand held jar grip is removably mounted on the top end of the housing. The housing includes an opening that at least partially receives an opener tool.

Abstract: Apparatus for opening a can comprising a first handle and a second handle, the first and second handles being pivotally connected to one another at their distal ends; a first partial can enclosure element attached to the first handle and a second partial can enclosure element attached to the second handle, wherein when the first and second handles are brought together, the first and second partial can enclosure elements create a cavity sized to fully enclose a can; a can cutting mechanism having a first portion mounted to the first handle and a second portion mounted to the second handle, wherein the first portion of the cutting mechanism and the second portion of the cutting mechanism are configured so that when the first and second handles are brought together so as to enclose a can disposed in the cavity, the can cutting mechanism engages the can for cutting the can.

Abstract: An electric can opener for opening a top of a metal can which includes a housing that has a top end and a front side. A can cutting mechanism is on the front side of the housing proximate the top end of the housing. A hand held jar grip is removably mounted on the top end of the housing. The top end of the housing includes a recess that receives an interior surface of the hand held jar grip.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for opening a container is provided. A container opener includes a handle portion and a container guide affixed to the handle portion. At least one puncturing structure is affixed to the container guide. The at least one puncturing structure may be positioned to puncture a seal affixed to a wall of the container.

Abstract: Can opener includes frame; rotating, toothed wheel cutting blade; and counterpoised drive wheel. A first, perforating relationship can provide the lid of a can with perforations about its outer boundary for draining liquids; and a second, lid boundary-releasing relationship, which is less than the first distance, can provide for the lid of the can being cut to completely sever it from the remainder of the can.

Abstract: A can opener has a shaft for effecting rotation of a traction wheel for moving a can relative to a cutting wheel to sever an upper annular lateral side of the can, and is equipped with an adjustment element, which is screwed onto a threaded outward end portion of the shaft, and which has two wing portions in contact with corresponding sloping portions of a hexagonal member so that when the shaft is turned together with a rotary lever in the cutting direction, the hexagonal member is first turned relative to the adjustment element for a small angle for the higher portions of the sloping portions to be pressed against the wing portions to cause reduction to the space between the traction wheel and the cutting wheel; thus, the wheels can clip an annular wall of a end cover of a can in between.

Abstract: A can opener with top and circumferential support members attached to each other. A cutting blade is mounted to the circumferential support member and has a blade edge configured for cutting at least a portion of a circumferential can wall of a can. The top and circumferential support members are configured for guiding and the cutting blade along the circumferential can wall and for positioning at least a portion of the blade edge at an angle sufficiently small against the can wall for cutting at least a portion of the wall, while reducing or eliminating binding or tearing of said portion of the wall upon rotation of the can opener against the can by a user.

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.

Abstract: In a method for reconditioning a returnable barrel of sheet metal, that is used initially as a bung barrel having a barrel wall and a top cover with a fill and discharge bung and fixedly connected to the barrel wall, and is to be reused as a lid barrel with a bung lid or bung-free lid connected to an outwardly rolled opening rim of the barrel wall via a clamping ring closure after removal of the top cover, wherein the barrel wall has an upper portion forming a barrel neck recessed or tapered relative to the outwardly rolled opening rim of the barrel wall, wherein the top cover of the initial bung barrel has a rolled outer rim placed on the outwardly rolled opening rim of the barrel wall and connected to the outwardly rolled opening rim by lock-seaming and welding, the top cover of the bung barrel is circularly cut concentrically to a longitudinal center axis of the barrel at a transition between a plate of the top cover and an upwardly extending inner rim of the top cover to separate the plate of the top cove

Abstract: A can opener with simple construction for easily and safely opening pull-top cans and the like without particular attention to the handling and storing thereof. The can opener according to the present invention comprises: a cylindrical main body; an engagement projection disposed on a circumferential surface of the main body, the engagement projection having a claw extending in a direction parallel to the axis of the main body; and a handle for rotating the main body, the handle being continuous with the main body.

Abstract: A can opener, comprising first and second handle members, knife means, drive wheel, ratch device and the spring, wherein the said first handle members and the second handle members are pivotally connected about an axis, and a radially facing slot is formed on the first handle members, and also a apporiate protrusion in shape is also formed on the said first handle members; The cutting wheel being rigidly mounted onto the first handle member, The drive wheel partly protruding through said slot, and engages with the said first handle members and and the second handle members through the axis; the ratch device and the spring are disposed above the second handle members as well as under the drive wheel, in which one end of the spring is mounted on the first handle members, and the other end is mounted on the second handle members.

Abstract: A can opening appliance is provided herein. The appliance includes a primary housing having a front surface including a can opening mechanism and a rearwardly facing locking surface. A base includes at least one upwardly extending projection for slidable engagement with the primary housing and at least one forwardly facing interlock structure for releasable engagement with the locking surface of the primary housing. A housing release button, which causes the forwardly facing interlock structure and the locking surface to enter into and out of engagement, allows the primary housing to attain a plurality of vertical positions relative to the base.

Abstract: An opener having a grip-like body in which at one end is integrated a cutting mechanism for cutting open tins. An oppositely-lying thickened end has a receiving groove in which a pull hook is pivotally mounted about a pivot pin over a predetermined angle. For opening tear-open lids, a pull-ring is captured within an attachment recess on a pull hook inner edge. When pivoting the grip-like body the pull hook rolls along a rolling back of the pull hook, on the can lid and pulls up.

Abstract: A novel device especially useful in opening a tobacco can or the like which has an outer wrapper embracing the can's sidewall and lid flange. A primary force member, curved to have the curvature of a tobacco can, has a longitudinal cutting lug on its innerface; and an outward tab connected to the primary force member provides a tab for pushing the tool circumferentially while the tool is pressed against the outer wrapper of the can, thus achieving a circumferential slit of the can's wrapper.

Abstract: A hole-forming device includes a pointed shaft which is raisable to a position facing a bottom of a can. The shaft is slidably supported on a support plate, with its lower end projecting downward below the support plate. With the hole-forming device mounted on the bottom of the can, and the bottom of the hole-forming device on a surface, such as a floor, a downward force on the can urges the pointed end of the shaft into the bottom of the can to safely puncture the can.

Abstract: A hand held and base operated can opener combination that can be both operated in a base mounted counter top configuration and a portable hand held configuration is disclosed. Consisting of a base unit with an integral power supply and battery charger, it is physically connected to a head unit containing rechargeable batteries, an electric motor, a conventional can opening mechanism, a manual can opening means, and associated electrical control circuitry. The invention may be utilized to open cans on a kitchen counter top by attaching the can and pressing down on the top lever section of the unit, in the same manner as one would use a conventional electric can opener. The invention may also be operated in a portable hand held configuration, in the same manner as one would use a manual hand operated can opener, except with the added convenience of pressing a switch to operate an electric motor in lieu of a hand crank.

Abstract: Device for releasing a remaining gas which can easily puncture a hole without involving danger and a cap of a pressure can container which removably stores such a device. The remaining gas releasing device has a flexible sponge plate, a push pin member with its pin portion fitted into the center of one of the surfaces of the sponge plate, a center hole rigid sheet member positioned around the push pin member, a gas-impermeable rigid sheet plate bonded to the surfaces of the center hole rigid plate member, an adhesive sheet plate bonded to the other surface of the sponge plate so that the other surface is covered therewith and having a small hole at its center, and a release sheet plate peelably bonded to the adhesive sheet plate.

Abstract: Apparatus including an elongate longitudinally aligned cylindrical shank with a handle integrally and coaxially mounted to a rear terminal end of the shank. An S-shaped piercing guide is integrally mounted to a forward terminal end of the shank. The guide includes an abutment collar mounted on the shank adjacent the guide limiting projection of the guide within a can lid. A slidable cutter and guide assembly is adjustably mounted along the shank to accommodate cans of various diameters when the piercing guide is directed within an associated can lid to provide a central point of rotation of the apparatus relative to an associated can.

Abstract: A hand-held can opener is provided with a grip handle, a grip block pivotally mounted to the forward end of the grip handle, a scissor handle pivotally mounted to the grip block and having a one way roller clutch connection with a unidirectionally driven feed wheel. The grip block is provided with a latch. Squeezing of the scissor handle toward the grip handle with pivot the grip block to position the feed wheel relative to the cutter for penetration of the can lid and lock the grip block into this position. Subsequent release and squeezing of the scissor handle will drive the feed wheel undirectionally for advancing the can lid past the cutter.

Abstract: An under-the-cabinet kitchen appliance functions as an automatic electric can opener and an automatic night light. The appliance includes a housing for the automatic electric can opener integral with a night light bulb housing. The electric circuit for the night light and the can opener are integrated and may include light responsive device so that the light bulb is energized during periods of low room illumination and deenergized during periods of high room illumination.

Abstract: The can opener has two support members (10 and 11), a rotatable drive wheel (17) on one of the support members (10) for advancing the opener around a can, a cutting blade (18) on the other member (11), and two handles (13 and 14) for pivoting the support members (10 and 11) between closed and open configurations. The can opener also comprises an over center toggle linkage (15 and 16) so that when the support members are in a closed configuration the support members cannot be moved to an open configuration by a force applied between the drive wheel (17) and the cutting blade (18).

Abstract: An improved can opening tool for opening a can having a pull tab is provided. The tool includes a ring member and an arm attached to the ring member having a bent end. An index finger is snugly engaged by the ring member, with the end of the arm engaged with the pull tab for imparting a pulling force to the pull tab.

Abstract: A tool for removing tight fitting lids from bulk containers including a rigid shaft, a knife assembly mounted on one end of the shaft on one side thereof, and a lifting hook mounted on the same end of the shaft, but on the opposite side thereof. A handle is attached perpendicularly to the other end of the shaft.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to funnels; more specifically it relates to funnels intended for use with fluids used in engine compartments, such as in transportation vehicles. Examples of such fluids are crankcase oil, transmission fluid, anti-freeze or other coolant fluids, brake fluid, and power steering fluid. The invention is a liquid transfer system including a funnel with a dust cover that may be stored on a funnel support while the funnel is in use and that may include a piercing tool on its inner surface capable of puncturing the lids of containers used with the funnel. Also claimed is such a liquid transfer system including a support that holds the funnel in a vertical position during storage, a drip catcher, and an axially extendible and compressible spout.

Abstract: A can opener for removing the top of an aluminum can having an upper rim encompassed by a peripheral crimp in the top, the can opener comprising a container having a cushioned can cavity for receiving an aluminum can, and a cover mounting a rotatable abrasive disk for engagement with the can top, the container and cover being threadably connected so that the disk can be positioned for proper engagement with the can top. Rotation of the disk abrades the aluminum of the can until enough of the peripheral crimp in the can top is removed to permit the top to be separated from the can.

Abstract: An apparatus for piercing a container and draining fluid therefrom wherein a vertically movable container holder is provided with an inclined receiving portion having front and rear surfaces with the front surface being elevated with respect to the rear surface. The rear surface includes an opening for receiving a stationary piercing member having a piercing fluid receiving and fluid discharge end. The piercing end is beveled and includes a leading and a trailing edge. The rear surface of the vertically removable container holder includes an opening for receiving the piercing fluid receiving end of the stationary piercing member. The vertically movable container holder opening includes a positioning means adjacent thereto for positioning the bottom of the container with relation to the stationary piercing member. The vertically movable container holder further includes a piercing member guide tube connected at the opening and depending from the rear surface thereof.

Abstract: Beverage can opening apparatus includes a base portion, a support portion, a can engaging portion, a biasing portion and a fastening portion. The base portion includes a substantially flat plate section. The support portion includes spaced shaft supporting sections disposed adjacent opposed elongated edges of the plate section with each including an opening in a plane parallel to one of the elongated edges, the openings being spaced from the plate section. A shaft extends between the openings of the shaft supporting sections. The can engaging portion includes an elongated member pivotally connected at one end to the shaft and extending therefrom toward and beyond one end of the plate section. The elongated member includes a slot at a free end thereof beyond the plate section, the slot being aligned substantially parallel to the plate section. The elongated member includes a channel extending from the slot toward the support portion, the channel having a cross section substantially the same as the slot.

Abstract: A portable can opener tool shaped as a gun, with an elongated trigger pivoted to a butt handle. Pulling of the trigger to the butt of the handle serves to rotate a can past the blade of the tool so as to cut the top of the can away from the can rim. The tool incorporates a basic frame member to which a cutter frame is pivoted at the front end of the basic frame with both the basic frame and cutter frame extending to form butt handle ends which are drawn together to clamp the cutter blade into a can top. The trigger is pivoted to the basic frame and pivotably joined to a pusher arm which bears against radial members of a shaft fixed to a rachet wheel, or alternately, the pusher arm is fitted with rachet teeth for directly bearing against the rim of a can to be rotated against the cutter blade. The cutter blade may be in the form of a free turning wheel.