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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2005
Mark Andrew Sanders, Windsor, GB;
Pat Yin Mah, Kowloon, HK;
Mark Andrew Sanders, Windsor, GB;
Pat Yin Mah, Kowloon, HK;
Daka Research Inc., Tortolla, VG;
Abstract
A mechanism is provided for use in a can opener comprising a body; rotationally mounting to the body about a first axis a drive wheel for engaging the rim of a can; rotationally mounting to the body about a second axis and drivably rotatable by the drive wheel, a cutter wheel; eccentrically mounting to said cutter wheel, a cutting knife movable on rotation of the cutter wheel to a cutting position in which the cutter knife forms a nip with the drive wheel such that the cutting knife penetrates through the cylindrical wall of the can, to provide a cut therein as the opener orbits relatively therearound, wherein the cutting position is defined by a cutting interval corresponding to a segment of rotation of the cutter wheel in which the cutting knife is sufficiently proximal to the drive wheel to form the nip.