With Prime Mover To Drive Cutter Relative To Can Patents (Class 30/444)
  • Hole-forming device
    Patent number: 6629483
    Abstract: A hole-forming device includes a base member having a hole-forming projection facing a bottom of a can. The hole-forming projection is formed on an upper surface of the base member. The base member is slidable upward to the upper part of a case by pushing a pressing member. The hole-forming projection is normally held in the case for safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Iwazaki
    Inventor: Shin Iwao
  • Hole-forming device
    Patent number: 6412384
    Abstract: A hole-forming device includes a base member having a hole-forming projection facing a bottom of a can. The hole-forming projection is formed on an upper surface of the base member. The base member is slidable upward to the upper part of a case by pushing a pressing member. The hole-forming projection is normally held in the case for safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Iwazaki
    Inventor: Shin Iwao
  • Automated hazardous waste accessing apparatus
    Patent number: 5261150
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided for accessing hazardous materials stored in a container. The apparatus includes a base that is securely mountable to the container of hazardous materials. The base may include an assembly of clamps or an assembly of suction cups adaptable to containers of varying sizes and configurations. The frame is removably and adjustably mounted to the base. The frame includes plural gantries that are selectively movable toward or away from the base and the container to which the base is mounted. A tool is mounted to each gantry. A first tool is operative to perform work on the container, while the second tool is operative to position the first tool. The tools are powered and controlled from a remote location preferably by pneumatic power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Inventors: John Grube, Calvin Farber
  • Adjustable can opener
    Patent number: 5054203
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Inventor: Dusan Janiw