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In Arbanasin's second

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Can Opener

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patent No. 24 is a cutting plate

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especially

adapted for use as a potato or fruit peeler.

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The second invention is mainly several

improvements to the first invention including stop knobs to prevent the corkscrew and

screw driver from opening when using the implement as a hammer. U. S. Patent No.

1,199,650 was granted on September 26, 1916.

Six decades after Arbanasin, Joseph Cantales came up with another

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Combination Can-

Opener Tool

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incorporating a potato peeler (10), a corkscrew and other tools. Cantales

claims the prior art including Arbansin's patents for this type of tool were too costly to

produce in an expeditious manner. He was granted U. S. Patent No. 3,909,860 on

October 7, 1975.

This tool from Taiwan can remove a bottle cap, open a can, uncork a bottle, peel fruit or

vegetables, and be used as a fruit zester /grater.