Metal can opener
Catalog #
1975.101.001
Date:
Accession #
Hand operated can opener, long handles. Patent numbers on handles read – 1360256, 1528178, 1598841. Research shows there was a legal battle over the patent in 1929. Patent infringement suit by the Star Can Opener Company against the Turner Seymour Manufacturing Company and another. Decree in accordance with opinion. Suit for infringement of the Anderson can opener patents No. 1,360,256 and No. 1,528,178.