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Home Retail Group plc was a British retail company established on 10 October 2006, following the spin-off of Argos Retail Group (ARG) from GUS plc. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The group primarily comprised two retailers: Argos and Homebase, as well as in-house brands such as Chad Valley and Habitat. In April 2007, the ...
A can opener (North American and Australian English) or tin opener (British English) 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 openers were not patented until 1855 in England and 1858 in the United States.
In 1959, while at a picnic with friends and family, Fraze discovered he had left his "church key" can opener at home, forcing him to use a car bumper to open cans of beer. Fraze decided to create an improved beverage opening method that would eliminate the need for a separate device, leading to his creation of the pull-tab opener.
Granville Richard Francis Tompkins CBE (15 May 1918 – 6 December 1992) was a British print, advertising and retail entrepreneur, best known for founding the Green Shield Stamps company, as well as the Argos chain of catalogue stores which became one of the largest retailers in the United Kingdom, and a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
Can Opener (Russian: Консервный нож), a science fiction story by Vasili Golovachov "Can Opener", 2016 season 1 episode 7 of MacGyver ; see MacGyver (2016 TV series, season 1) "The Can Opener", 1999 season 4 episode 2 number 75 of Everybody Loves Raymond ; see Everybody Loves Raymond (season 4)
Chamberlain — the company's do-it-yourself line of garage door openers. LiftMaster — the company's line of garage door openers for professional installers. Raynor — the company's line of garage door openers for professional installers. This line of professional installers is slightly less common than LiftMaster.
A drawing from the can opener patent No 19063 by Warner. Ezra J. Warner of Waterbury, Connecticut was an American inventor, who patented his design of a can opener in 1858. A crudely shaped bayonet and sickle combo, his design was widely accepted by the U.S. military during the period of the American Civil War.
Star / Star Can Opener Co., San Francisco, CA / can opener / patent 1360256 Nov 30 1920 & 1528178 Mar 3 1925 & 1598841 Sep 7 1926 Edwin Anderson / see also Turner & Semour / The same can opener was also manufactured by Turner & Seymour Co. as the “STAR” brand can opener, stamped with all three of the above patent numbers.