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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Carmen T Mascia, Clarendon Hills, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Continental Group, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
30410 ; 30411 ; 30442 ;
Abstract
An opener for removing an end panel portion of a container end unit. The opener includes a simple housing which may be molded of plastics material and which carries a blade for penetrating and severing the end panel along a preformed weakening line in the form of a score. There is also a magnet for retaining the severed end panel portion relative to the opener. Further, the housing has a separate skirt portion which is radially movable and which carries a ridge for underlying a double seam securing an end unit to a container body so as to lock the opener on the end unit once the blade has penetrated the end panel.