Patent ID: 6647631
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: B67B

Abstract:
A can opener comprising:first and second operating members pivotable with respect to each other about a common axis, a rotatable traction wheel mounted on said first operating member, a rotatable cutter blade mounted on said second operating member, said first operating member and said second operating member being movable between an inoperative position in which said traction wheel and said cutter blade are spaced apart so that a rim of a can to be opened may be located between said traction wheel and said cutter blade, and an operative position in which said traction wheel and said cutter blade engage a can for opening the can, a housing on said first operating member, and an operating element on one side of said can opener and supported by said housing for rotating said traction wheel, said operating element including a butterfly knob rotatable about an axis oblique to a rotational axis of said traction wheel wherein said butterfly knob does not, upon rotation, contact a can being opened by said can opener.