Can opener
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A can opener or tin opener is a mechanical device used to open metal tin cans. Although preservation of food using tin cans had been practiced since at least 1772 in the Netherlands, the first can ope
A late-20th-century Bunker style can opener with a rotating cutting wheel and a counter-rotating serrated wheel, for left-handed use
Peach can, September 5, 1856
"Simplex" can sealing machine
A twist-key can opener
William Lyman (inventor)
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William Worcester Lyman was an American inventor from Meriden, Connecticut. He is credited with inventing the first rotating wheel can opener.
Rotary can opener of 1870 by William Lyman. A side view is added below the handle
Ice pitcher
Fruit jar