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The Pivot-Point Can Opener: A Spike at the Centre, a Blade Set to the Size
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6. október 2026NO
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The Pivot-Point Can Opener: A Spike at the Centre, a Blade Set to the Size

A knife driven round a can top wanders, and leaves a ragged hole of no particular size. Charles Messenger of Cleveland, Ohio, received US 70,010, dated 22 October 1867, for a tool for opening sheet-metal cans: a plate fixed in a handle, a pointed rod at its end thrust through the centre of the top as a pivot, and a blade slipped on the rod through one of several holes in the plate, held by a ring; turning the handle round cuts a round hole, small or large. This rung works out the hand force for each hole size, then builds the plate, pivot and blade from steel and opens a can.
Miðlungs
About 3 hours

Leiðbeiningar

1

Hole size and hand force

Hleð Jupyter-vinnubók…
2

A turning cutter before it

The embedded blueprint cuts tin with a turning wheel against a fixed cutter. Messenger turns the whole tool round a centre spike.
3

Read US 70,010

"The apparatus is held in the right hand, and the point C' thrust through the centre of the top of the can. The handle is then brought down so as to cause the blade to penetrate the cover; the instrument is turned around the circumference of the top, the point acting as a pivot, and the handle as a lever; the blade, as the instrument turns, will cut out a round hole through which the contents of the can may be emptied."
4

Make the plate

Cut 90 mm of 25 × 3 mm flat bar. Drill a 5 mm hole 6 mm from one end for the rod, and three 4 × 8 mm slots at 30, 45 and 60 mm from it for the blade. File the slots square.

Efni fyrir þetta skref:

Flatstál úr mjúku stáliFlatstál úr mjúku stáli1 stykki

Nauðsynleg verkfæri:

JárnsögJárnsög
SkrúfstykkiSkrúfstykki
KörnunardorgKörnunardorg
HleðsluborHleðslubor
BorasettBorasett
NálaþjalasettNálaþjalasett
5

Make the rod and blade

Cut 100 mm of 5 mm steel rod, file one end to a sharp point, and thread the other M5. Cut the blade from flat bar, drill it for the rod, and file its lower end to a cutting edge.

Efni fyrir þetta skref:

Kringlótt stöng úr deigu stáliKringlótt stöng úr deigu stáli1 stykki
Flatstál úr mjúku stáliFlatstál úr mjúku stáli1 stykki

Nauðsynleg verkfæri:

JárnsögJárnsög
Þjalir (handþjöl)Þjalir (handþjöl)
SnittsettSnittsett
HleðsluborHleðslubor
BorasettBorasett
BrýniBrýni
6

Assemble

Push the rod through the plate's end hole so the point stands 12 mm below. Slip the blade on the rod and down through a slot; hold both with a nut on the rod's thread. Fit the plate into a hardwood handle with epoxy.

Efni fyrir þetta skref:

SexkantróSexkantró1 stykki
HarðviðartapparHarðviðartappar1 stykki
Tveggja þátta epoxýTveggja þátta epoxý1 stykki

Nauðsynleg verkfæri:

HleðsluborHleðslubor
BorasettBorasett
FlatkjaftatöngFlatkjaftatöng
7

The patent drawing

US 70,010 drawing sheet, public domain (expired patent).
Skref 7 - Image 1
8

Open a can at two sizes

Stand a sealed can on the kitchen scale. Thrust the point into the centre, bring the handle down and turn it round; read the peak load and time a full circle. Move the blade to another slot and repeat.
Skref 8 - Image 1

Efni fyrir þetta skref:

BlikkdósBlikkdós1 stykki

Nauðsynleg verkfæri:

Stafræn eldhúsvogStafræn eldhúsvog
SkeiðklukkaSkeiðklukka
Vinnuhanskar úr leðriVinnuhanskar úr leðri
9

A cutter that wanders, tears or slips

Pivot-point can opener troubleshooting.

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10

History and honest limits

**Charles Messenger** of Cleveland, Ohio, received US 70,010, dated 22 October 1867, for opening oyster, paint and fruit cans. The ring slides on the rod and can be removed to change the blade; a knife with radial arms, each with two sharp edges, gives a spare edge when one is dull. His claim covers the rod, blade and ring in combination with the plate. **Honest limits.** A nut stands in for his sliding ring, and an unhardened blade for a steel one. Your loads and times are the result.

Efni

6

Nauðsynleg verkfæri

13

CC0 opinbert ríki

Þessi teikning er gefin út undir CC0. Þér er frjálst að afrita, breyta, dreifa og nota þetta verk í hvaða tilgangi sem er, án þess að biðja um leyfi.

Studdu smiðinn með því að kaupa vörur í gegnum teikningu hans þar sem hann fær þóknun smiða sem seljendur ákvarða, eða búðu til nýja endurskoðun á þessari teikningu og tengdu hana sem tengingu í þinni eigin teikningu til að deila tekjum.

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