US Patent: 496,448 - Can Opener


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US Patent: 496,448

Can Opener

Patentee:

Washington L. Scoville (exact or similar names) - Chicago, IL

USPTO Classifications:

30/435

Tool Categories:

household : can and jar openers

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Aug. 17, 1891
Granted:	May 02, 1893

Patent Pictures:

Washington L. Scoville patent May 2, 1893

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Description:

The interlinked frames would manipulate the sliding cutter to follow the margin of non-circular metal cans such as those traditionally used for sardines.