Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates providing a safety mechanism associated with a protective zone in an industrial automation environment. An radio frequency identification (RFID) component can receive data from an RFID tag to identify a location. A safety component can employ a safe mode to a device based at least in part upon the location to employ a protected zone in proximity with the device.

Abstract: This invention describes procedures for writing data to a spatial light modulator (SLM) to achieve the purpose of “sub-frame method”, i.e. increasing effective frame rate of the SLM, without the need of additional color switching means or modulation at illumination source. The purpose is to improve the resolution of V3D displays based on projectors. The method divides the pixels of the SLM into a number of groups and defines each group as a sub-panel. Frames of image data are then written in sequence to each of the sub-panels in a fixed order. An image frame written to a sub-panel is called a “sub-frame” when displayed on the sub-panel. The method then displays one sub-frame on one sub-panel at a time, with the rest sub-panels displaying blank (black). If the SLM has no memory buffer and image is displayed when it is written, then all data on the SLM must be erased after a sub-panel is being displayed and before the next sub-panel is written.

Abstract: An electric can opener has a handle that is used to ‘close’ a blade towards a traction wheel so as to pinch a top rim of a can while the lid is removed, in a known manner. When the handle is moved downwards, the blade is carefully controlled in its movement as the result of the cooperation of three cams mounted on a pivot shaft of the handle. The blade is moved sideways and downwards so as to arrive at the pinching position in a manner that ensures that the rim is not jammed from above and that vertical thrust is applied during the can opening operation.

Abstract: A household electric can opener operable by vertical movements of a control button. The can opener has an easily removable assembly that includes all of the exposed operating parts, including a cutting blade, a can drive wheel, the control button, and a lid magnet assembly. The entire removable cutter assembly is water immersible or machine washable for improved sanitation.

Abstract: A can opener has a blade-carrying member pivotably connected to a housing and a hooked connection between the blade-carrying member and the housing that permits the blade-carrying member to be disconnected from the pivotal connection when an actuator of the can opener is moved to a release position. The can opener may be provided with a stop to prevent the disconnection and removal of the blade-carrying member unless the actuator is in the release position.

Abstract: A heavy duty industrial can opener operated by hand or by motor which accommodates various sizes of cans and cuts the outer seam wall of a can rather than the top lip of the can. The can opener includes a cutting wheel with a cutting edge and a traction wheel with a gripping surface. The cutting and traction wheels each have associated gears for rotating the wheels. The gear for the traction wheel is releasably engageable with the gear of the cutting wheel. One of the gears is driven to rotate both the cutting and traction wheels. A cam lock provides a series of levers and link pins the ability to releasably engaged and disengaged the gears. The distance between the cutting wheel and the traction wheel is automatically adjusted while the cam is locked in place.

Abstract: A can opener is provided including a housing and an elevator mounted on the housing. Next provided is a blade assembly having a rotating blade. The blade assembly is coupled to the elevator for being moved downwardly upon a can such that the blade engages a lid of the can for removal purposes.

Abstract: An electric shaver including an electric motor and a shaving head, driven by the electric motor, for cutting hair to be shaved, the shaving head including: at least one cutting blade having a cutting edge; at least one cutting plate defining a generally flat surface, which the cutting edge engages upon cutting through a strand of hair.

Abstract: A can opener comprising a housing having a handle. A cutting wheel having a cutting edge for severing a can wall is mounted in the housing. There is a traction wheel having a gripping surface to engage the can. The traction wheel are rotatable and the axis rotation is substantially perpendicular to each other. The wheels are positioned adjacent and spaced apart from each other to define a gap to accept a can to be opened. One of the wheels is movable towards the other to engage and lock the can between the cutting wheel and the traction wheel. The cutting wheel then acts to sever the can wall and the traction wheel acts to move the can past the cutting wheel. There is a first thrust surface associated with the housing and a space, adjacent, second thrust surface associated with the movable wheel.

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: The electrically driven can opener is composed of a housing (1) accommodating a drive mechanism, a drivable drive wheel (2) which is located on the outside of a housing wall (3), a cutter (8) rotatably supported on the housing wall (3) at a distance from the drive wheel (2) and an operating member (22) to be operated by hand and mounted on the housing (1), which latter member serves to swivel the cutter (8) from a clamp-on position into a cutting position and to switch on the drive motor by means of a switch (38). The operating member (22) and the cutter (8) are interconnected by a spring-elastic element (19).

Abstract: An electrically operated portable can opener being adjustable in height to enable opening various size cans, the can opener having a primary housing which is partially received within a secondary base housing with a rotary cam serving to control the raising and lowering of the primary housing with respect to the base housing.

Abstract: A rechargeable electric can opener including a can-feed wheel disposed on an outer face of a flat casing mounting a motor and a reduction gear mechanism therein, a cutter having a cutting edge capable of turning up-and-down to open a lid of the can in cooperation with the feed wheel, an attached plug to be inserted in an electrical outlet, a step-down transformer, and a rechargeable secondary battery. The can opener is characterized in that the plug is attached on the other face of the casing near a center of gravity which is mainly determined by locations of the motor, reduction gear mechanism, step down transformer and secondary battery.

Abstract: An electric can opener comprising an opener body and a body support. The opener body includes a cutter and a toothed wheel adapted to be rotated by an electric motor. A can to be opened is placed on the wheel at its upper projecting edge, and rotated by the wheel as operated by the motor. During rotation the top of can is cut by the cutter. For usual use, the opener support can be placed on the upper surface of an object such as a kitchen table with its bottom in contact with the upper surface. For use in suspension, the support can be secured to the lower surface of a fixed object such as a hanged sideboard by installing its bottom to the lower surface. For usual use, the base of the support is located below the opener body. For use in suspension, the base of the support is located above the body.

Abstract: An electric can opener comprises a can opener body, a can opening attachment and a juice squeezing attachment. The can opener body is provided with a drive shaft, a motor for rotating said drive shaft, a vertically holding portion and a horizontally holding portion. When the vertically holding portion is utilized to set the can opener body, the drive shaft assumes a horizontal condition. A horizontal rotating shaft provided on the can opening attachment can be brought into engagement with the drive shaft in the horizontal condition. Accordingly, the can opening attachment is utilized to cut out a lid of a can. On the other hand, when the horizontal holding portion is utilized to set the can opener body, the drive shaft assumes a vertical condition. A vertical rotating shaft provided on the juice squeezing attachment can be brought into engagement with the drive shaft in the vertical condition. Accordingly, the juice squeezing attachment can be utilized to squeeze fruit juice of citrus fruits.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a can opener comprising a cutter moved in the vertical direction by an operation lever and a feed gear mechanism disposed below the cutter, in which by the co-operative action of the cutter and the feed gear mechanism, a lid of a can is cut off while the can is rotated. The cutter is rotatably attached to the front face of a movable member having an engaging portion on the lower end thereof, and a regulating member is disposed in the rear of the feed gear mechanism. When the cutter is brought down together with the movable member by the operation lever to cause the cutter to bite into the can lid, the engaging portion of the movable member is engaged with the regulating member.

Abstract: A motor driven can opener includes a pivotal hand lever assembly which may be removed from the can opener frame. A latch on the frame engages an edge portion of the hand lever to retain the lever on the frame throughout its normal operating range. A plate on which a can cutting element is carried is mounted to slide on the forward surface of the lever. A tab projects from the plate and catches on a hardened steel pin of the frame to hold the hand lever against the actuator of a rotary switch which maintains the motor in its energized condition during shearing of a can lid. When the can shearing is completed, the tab releases from the pin to automatically deenergize the motor.A manual crank may be employed as an alternative to electrical power. The motor is removed from the drive train when the crank is employed and brought back into the drive train when the crank is removed.

Abstract: To facilitate the cleaning of a can opener cutter, the pivoted handle on which it is mounted is arranged for easy removal. The shaft on which the handle is pivoted has an undercut section. A keeper edge mates with the undercut section of the shaft to restrain axial motion of the shaft without inhibiting rotational motion. The inner end of the shaft cams the keeper aside to permit assembly. Although a gravity system could be used, the keeper is normally spring biased towards engagement with the undercut section of the shaft. The keeper and biasing element may constitute a single element. When a spring biased keeper is used, the shaft has a chordal segment removed between the inner end and the undercut section. Thus when the shaft is in a predetermined angular orientation, with respect to the keeper, the handle may be removed without camming the keeper aside.