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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:
Feb. 26, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Braun Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
30423 ; 30424 ;
Abstract
The invention is directed to a can opener (1) having in its casing (2) a drive unit which is comprised of an electric motor (32) secured to a mounting plate (41), a gear train (33) and an output shaft (42) driving the drive wheel (17). The longitudinal axis (8) of the casing (2) along which the electric motor (32), the gear train (33) and the output shaft (42) are arranged forms with the direction determined by the input shaft (70) of the electric motor (32), the shafts (61, 62, 63) of the gear train (33) and the output shaft (42) of the drive wheel (17) an angle (a) which is smaller than 90.degree..