Abstract: The present invention relates to a nose assembly with integrated anvil and puller to assist in swaging a collar to a lockbolt type fastener. The nose assembly has a sidewall defining a hollow axially extending interior and an open terminal end, hollow axially extending interior having a first interior diameter, and an annular recess of a second interior diameter greater than the first interior diameter. A puller is slidably displaceable relative to the holder sidewall. The puller is configured with opposing sets of teeth for gripping a lockbolt pintail and to close grippingly on the lockbolt pintail when the puller is axially displaced relative to the holder sidewall sufficiently to draw a head portion of the puller at least partially out of the recess and into the first interior diameter length.

Abstract: A beverage-opening tool is provided. The tool may have a puncturing edge that can be positioned in contact with a beverage can and may penetrate the beverage can. In this manner, the beverage can may be opened. The tool may also have a tooth portion that can be positioned in contact with a bottle cap of a beverage bottle and can be used to remove the beverage cap. In this manner, the beverage bottle may be opened.

Abstract: An electric shaver including a hand grip 10 configured to be gripped by a user's hand, and a blade head 20 provided on an upper end of the hand grip. The blade head carries at least one shaving unit 50 comprising an outer blade foil 70 and an inner blade 80 driven in a shearing engagement manner with the outer blade foil. The outer blade foil has a plurality of holes in which hairs are introduced. The outer blade foil is elongated and has a length, and is curved along a width direction to form a generally C-shaped cross section, and is curved convexly and uniformly along its length to have a longitudinal curved outline. A radius of curvature of the longitudinal curved outline is 150 mm to 350 mm.

Abstract: A can opener is adapted for engaging and lifting a tab attached to the flat upper surface (top) of a sealed can, with the upraised tab engaging and downwardly displacing a sealing member for opening the can. The opener includes a handle with first and second arms extending therefrom. The curvilinear first arm is adapted for positioning between the can's upper surface and the tab and for raising the tab when the handle is pivotally moved outwardly from the can's upper edge which acts as a fulcrum in engaging a lower portion of the curvilinear first arm. A second arm extending from the handle and disposed in closely spaced relation from the first arm includes a pointed end portion adapted to engage and puncture an upper lateral portion of the can to prevent formation of an air lock in the can for facilitating the discharge of the liquid contents of the can.

Abstract: There is a device for providing an easy opening in a beverage container such as a can. The device can comprise a body section, extending substantially along a longitudinal axis. This body section can comprise a first section having a rounded end. There can be a second section comprising a substantially flat section extending along the longitudinal axis. This second section comprises at least one first prong and a second prong comprising a hook which can extend to a sharpened section. The opening device is configured to create an opening in a metal can, wherein the first prong is configured to grip a bottom of a can, the second prong is spaced from the first prong and is configured to puncture a hole in the can when pressed, and the rounded end is configured to push through the opening to create a wider opening in 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 housing includes an opening that at least partially receives an opener tool.

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 containers and reducing waste from containers are described. The apparatus includes an opener device and a puncture device. The opener device facilitates the removal of a lid from a container without damaging the lid or the containers. The puncture device is capable of creating one or more holes in the container channel of the container to allow liquid trapped in the container channel to drain back into the container.

Abstract: A folding can opener and an improved method for opening cans are provided. The can opener includes a handle; a cutter pivotably mounted to the handle; and a locking mechanism for the cutter. The cutter can be locked in an operating position in which a pointed tip of the cutter is adapted to pierce the can. The cutter can also be locked in a storage position in which the pointed tip is folded towards the handle and shielded by the handle. The locking mechanism includes a barrel cam formed on the cutter and having a lug for engaging a seam of the can and pairs of indentations having camming edges. The indentations are adapted for mating engagement with pawls formed on the handle (or separate pins placed between the handle and cutter). The handle is formed in a wish bone shape which permits the pawls to flex to allow engagement and disengagement of the pawls with the indentations.

Abstract: The coin roll slitting device of this invention comprises a main body section of a size that is convenient to be grasped by a user's thumb and fingers, an arm section extended outward from said body section and provided with a downwardly extending end protrusion, and a slitting blade provided with an exposed sharpened cutting edge, The slitting blade being mounted by the body section in a way such that its sharpened cutting edge is inclined forwardly and upwardly to end at a tip that underlies the arm section. The arm section extends forwardly away from the body section a sufficient distance that its end protrusion is located forwardly of said blade tip. There is a space between the blade tip and the underside of the arm section that is sufficient to enable a rolled or crimped rim of a coin roll to be inserted in said space to bring the blade up against an exposed face of an end coin in the coin roll.

Abstract: A key for gripping a beverage can end while simultaneously allowing piercing of the can body. The key has a rigid shaft, one end adapted for use as a handle, and a forked construction at the other end defining two arms. The first arm is adapted to pierce a can body as the second arm engages the can rim. The second arm has at its end a rim-gripping formation shaped to grip the can rim and serve as a fulcrum as the handle is rotated causing the first arm to pierce the can and form an opening therein.

Abstract: Apparatus for opening and reclosing beverage cans in a first embodiment includes a tool having piercing and forming portions for opening an aperture in and shaping a flap depending from an end wall of a beverage can spaced a predetermined distance spaced substantially away from the cylindrical side wall of the can sufficient to permit the forming portion to displace the flap resulting from the piercing closely against the interior surface of the end wall of the can such that the interior surface surrounding the periphery of the aperture thus formed is substantially planar, and in a second embodiment includes a tool having a cylindrical piercing portion, the apparatus further including a plug carried on the tool for reclosing and sealing the aperture in the can.

Abstract: A hand tool for opening a paperboard carton having a push-in tab at a top corner. The tool has a generally spoon-shaped body with a bowl at one end of a handle and a bent arm extending from the handle in the same direction as the bowl and terminating in a free end more than half-way along the bowl toward its pointed distal end. The tool may be held upright, with the free end of its bent arm engaging the top of the carton and the distal end of its bowl engaging the pushed-in tab, and hen rocked to push in the tab. A projection on the inside of the bowl near its distal end is engageable with the push-in tab to pull it out when the tool is pulled away from the carton. The bowl has inclined opposite edges with teeth between its distal end and the free end of the arm for engaging the push-in tab.

Abstract: Device for tapping containers filled with liquid, in particular, tin cans filled with beer, with a mounting for fixing the device relative to the container, with a tubular piercing member sharpened at the front which penetrates the wall of the container, with a tap arranged on the tubular piercing member, and with a sealing collar enclosing the tubular piercing member and abutting against the container wall. The tubular piercing member is immovably connected to the mounting, and, when the latter is positioned on the container, penetrates the container wall. The sealing collar protrudes beyond the cutting rim of the tubular piercing member so that when the device is fixed on the container, the sealing collar abuts against it sealingly before the tubular piercing member penetrates the container wall.

Abstract: This invention is a tool for removing plastic lids from pails used in the supply of food stuffs, syrup, paints, and the like. This invention includes a handle with a floating knife blade of such configuration that it is adapted quickly to cut slots around the edge of such a plastic lid and contains, further, a prying means to bend the cut edges in order that the lids may be easily removed.

Abstract: A sealable edged aperture is produced in a can top by a generally triangular shaped cutting element which severs a flap-like portion from the can top. The cutting element also includes a wedging structure for folding a portion of the severed flap into abutting relationship with the underside of the can top to provide a discrete seal edge on the aperture. The cutting element is carried on a lever arm which is pivotally attached to a manually grippable element positioned adjacent the can sidewall. A bridging element is also provided at the pivot point to support the opener in the can.