Motorized jar opener

US6862954B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HP Intellectual Corp. · US

Inventors

• Craig A. DuBois · Trumbull, US
• Stephen Mowers · Fairfield, US
• Tatyana Ekgaus · Trumbull, US
• David Arnott · Weston, US
• James A. Sandor · Trumbull, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 9, 2004
• Grant date: Mar 8, 2005
• Expiry date: Jan 9, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B67B7/182
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A jar opener including a lid clamp adapted to clamp onto a lid of a jar; a motor connected to the lid clamp; and a frame having the motor connected thereto. The frame includes at least three frame sections which are vertically slidingly connected relative to one another in series in a general telescoping fashion. The motor is connected to a top one of the frame sections.