Can openers
CA 2071374 A1 · Owner: Hong-Wah Koo, Vincent · Inventors: Hong-Wah Koo, Vincent; Hong-Wah Koo, Vincent
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A can opener for opening a can has a lid joined to a main body by a rim, in which the can is opened by cutting through an outer part of the rim joining the lid with the main body of the can, the can opener comprising a rotatably supported cutter wheel for engaging and cutting the said outer part of the rim, a rotatable drive wheel for engaging the inner part of the rim, means for gripping the rim between the cutter wheel and drive wheel so that upon, rotation of the drive wheel, the can opener orbits around the rim of the can and the cutter wheel can complete a cut around the outer part of the rim, and lever means driving a one-way clutch mechanism for rotating the drive wheel to advance …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed June 16, 1992. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 16, 2012.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by June 16, 2014.
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