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Crank-Point Can Opener: A Bent Point to Turn On, a Knife Set in a Slot
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Crank-Point Can Opener: A Bent Point to Turn On, a Knife Set in a Slot

A can opened with a lever knife leaves a jagged hole of any size. Samuel D. Lecompte of Leavenworth, Kansas, received US 50,011, dated 19 September 1865, for an instrument for opening fruit and other sealed cans: a bar with a handle, its end bent like a crank and pointed so that, thrust through the top, the bent part is held by the edges of the hole as a bearing; a knife slides along a slot in the bar on a set screw, and the instrument is turned round to cut. This rung works out where to set the knife for each can, then forges the bar, crank and knife and cuts a round opening.
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About 3 hours

Ìlànà

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Knife position for each can

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A lever opener before it

The embedded blueprint saws round a can with a lever knife. Lecompte gives the knife a centre to turn about and a slot to set its radius.
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Read US 50,011

"The end of the instrument is bent somewhat in the form of a crank, and pointed, as shown by the letters b c in Fig. 1. This enables the instrument to be thrust into the top of the can in such manner that the part c, which is bent at right angles to the bar A, will be encircled by the edges of the hole made in the top of the can, thus insuring a good and sufficient bearing to enable the instrument to be operated."
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Slot the bar

Cut 170 mm of 25 × 3 mm flat bar. Drill a row of 5 mm holes along its centre from 25 to 70 mm from one end and file them into a slot.

Àwọn ohun èlò fún ìgbésẹ̀ yìí:

Ọ̀pá Pẹrẹsẹ Irin Pẹ́lẹ́Ọ̀pá Pẹrẹsẹ Irin Pẹ́lẹ́1 ẹyọ

Àwọn irinṣẹ́ tí a nílò:

Ayùn IrinAyùn Irin
Ìdìmú TábìlìÌdìmú Tábìlì
Igi Àmì ÀárínIgi Àmì Àárín
Ẹ̀rọ Ìlùkòkò AláìlókùnẸ̀rọ Ìlùkòkò Aláìlókùn
Àkójọ Orí ÌlùkòkòÀkójọ Orí Ìlùkòkò
Àkójọ Ìfá KékeréÀkójọ Ìfá Kékeré
Ìdíwọ̀nÌdíwọ̀n
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Forge the crank point

File the bar's slotted end down to 6 mm wide for its last 30 mm. Bend it down 15 mm, along 10 mm, and down again 15 mm in the vice, and file the end to a sharp point.

Àwọn irinṣẹ́ tí a nílò:

Àwọn Ìfá (Ìfá Ọwọ́)Àwọn Ìfá (Ìfá Ọwọ́)
Ìdìmú TábìlìÌdìmú Tábìlì
ÒòlùÒòlù
Gílásì Ààbò Tí Ó Mọ́Gílásì Ààbò Tí Ó Mọ́
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Make the knife

Cut a 6 × 25 mm knife from 1 mm steel sheet with a pointed lower end and a 5 mm hole at the top. Hone its edge.

Àwọn ohun èlò fún ìgbésẹ̀ yìí:

Ìwé Irin Pẹ́lẹ́Ìwé Irin Pẹ́lẹ́1 ẹyọ

Àwọn irinṣẹ́ tí a nílò:

Ìlàǹkàn irinÌlàǹkàn irin
Ẹ̀rọ Ìlùkòkò AláìlókùnẸ̀rọ Ìlùkòkò Aláìlókùn
Àkójọ Orí ÌlùkòkòÀkójọ Orí Ìlùkòkò
Àwọn Ìfá (Ìfá Ọwọ́)Àwọn Ìfá (Ìfá Ọwọ́)
Òkúta ìpọ́nÒkúta ìpọ́n
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Fit the knife and handle

Bolt the knife under the slot with an M5 screw, washer and nut as the set screw. Fit a hardwood handle to the bar's other end with epoxy.

Àwọn ohun èlò fún ìgbésẹ̀ yìí:

Skurú ẹ̀rọSkurú ẹ̀rọ1 ẹyọ
Wáṣà PẹrẹsẹWáṣà Pẹrẹsẹ1 ẹyọ
Nọ́ọ̀tì Onígun Mẹ́fàNọ́ọ̀tì Onígun Mẹ́fà1 ẹyọ
Àwọn dowel igi líleÀwọn dowel igi líle1 ẹyọ
Ẹpọ́ksì Ẹ̀yà MéjìẸpọ́ksì Ẹ̀yà Méjì1 ẹyọ

Àwọn irinṣẹ́ tí a nílò:

Kọ́kọ́rọ́ tí a lè ṣàtúnṣeKọ́kọ́rọ́ tí a lè ṣàtúnṣe
Ẹ̀rọ Ìlùkòkò AláìlókùnẸ̀rọ Ìlùkòkò Aláìlókùn
Àkójọ Orí ÌlùkòkòÀkójọ Orí Ìlùkòkò
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The patent drawing

US 50,011 drawing sheet, public domain (expired patent).
Ìgbésẹ̀ 8 - Image 1
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Cut a round opening

Set the knife for the can and tighten it. Stand a sealed can on the kitchen scale, thrust the point through the top's centre, press the knife in and turn round; read the peak load, time it, and measure the hole.
Ìgbésẹ̀ 9 - Image 1

Àwọn ohun èlò fún ìgbésẹ̀ yìí:

Ìgò irinÌgò irin1 ẹyọ

Àwọn irinṣẹ́ tí a nílò:

Òṣùwọ̀n Díjítà Ilé ÌdánáÒṣùwọ̀n Díjítà Ilé Ìdáná
Aago ÌdúróAago Ìdúró
Òṣùwọ̀n Kálípà Díjítà Ìnṣì 6Òṣùwọ̀n Kálípà Díjítà Ìnṣì 6
Ìbọ̀wọ́ Iṣẹ́ AwọÌbọ̀wọ́ Iṣẹ́ Awọ
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A point that tears out, a knife that slips

Crank-point can opener troubleshooting.

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History and honest limits

**Samuel D. Lecompte** of Leavenworth, Kansas, received US 50,011, dated 19 September 1865, for cans used for fruits, preserves and oysters. He did not limit himself to one knife shape, having adopted various styles. The patent was reissued on 4 February 1868 (No. 2,851). F. S. Wyman's 1868 patent names it as the circular opener he added a side knife to. **Honest limits.** A bolt and nut stand in for his set screw, and the knife is unhardened. Your loads and times are the result.

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