Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1913 — SAFETY CAN OPENER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SAFETY CAN OPENER

A new can opener is shown in the drawings which is said to work quickly and without danger of cutting. It has a handle like a sad iron and two cutting points below. The points are set on either side of the can top and the handle Is then pressed down. The

points enter the metal and the edges then cut either waV and the handle is pressed further. There is no need to hold the can, as the pressure is all down, and when the can is opened the handle bottoms on the lid so the fingers do not come near the tin edges, which, however, are rounded off Bmooth and turned under. With the old-style cjui openers the can had to be held, as in the lower drawing, and a slip might mean a nasty cut. With the new one this is done away with.

Saves Hands From Danger.