US Patent: 561,862 - Can Opener


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US Patent: 561,862

Can Opener

Patentee:

Frank W. Brown (exact or similar names) - Randolph, NY

USPTO Classifications:

30/1.5, 30/435, 81/3.44, 81/3.56, 81/407

Tool Categories:

wrenches : jar wrenches

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

F. L. Ourand

Sarah A. Fisher

Ebenezer Fisher

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Feb. 26, 1896
Granted:	Jun. 09, 1896

Patent Pictures:

Frank W. Brown patent June 9, 1896

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Description:

It appears to be a jar wrench; the specifications indicate the teeth are sharp similar to saw teeth. Thus the tool could cut through sheet metal cans, or by wedging between a jar lid and shoulder, break a resilient seal and lift the lid.