Tools – Receptacle closure remover – Combined or plural
Patent
1983-06-03
1985-01-08
Parker, Roscoe V.
Tools
Receptacle closure remover
Combined or plural
81 346R, 7151, 30 2, B67B 700
Patent
active
044921322
ABSTRACT:
A tool enabling easy removal, without normally experienced difficulties, of relatively rigid, heavy-guage lids of synthetic material, the lid having a top surface and a substantial, downwardly extending rim which ends in a continuous lip, the rim being designed to provide a tight fit on bulk containers, the lid being removable only after the downwardly extending rim lip is cut at spaced apart points about the circumference. The tool has a rigid shaft, one end adapted for use as a handle, and a forked construction at the other end defining two arms configured and arranged to engage about the lid rim. The first arm has at its outer end a portion shaped to rest on the top surface of the lid adapted to serve as a fulcrum during lid removal. The second arm has at its end a rim-gripping formation shaped to grip the rim lip and an upwardly directed cutting edge adapted to move upwardly during inward rotation of the handle in a manner to progressively cut the lip and locally sever the rim, the rim-gripping formation adapted to engage and pull the rim upwardly during handle rotation.
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