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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.
Warner's grave at Lake Forest Cemetery. He was born in Lake Forest, Illinois, and lived in La Jolla, California, where he worked as an investment counselor. [1] He was the son of Ezra J. Warner, Jr. and grandson of Ezra J Warner, [2] who were wholesale grocery business executives in Chicago, Illinois. [3]
The twist-key can-opener was patented by J. Osterhoudt in 1866. [7] There still was no general-purpose can-opener, thus each can came with a spot-welded or soldered-on twist-key can-opener which snapped off after fatiguing the metal by bending at a thin region. Each food-type had its own can-type, and came with its own can-opener-type.
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Ezra Warner may refer to: Ezra Warner (inventor), American inventor of the first can opener in 1858; Ezra J. Warner (historian) (1910 – 1974), ...
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A Vietnam War-era P-38 can opener, with a U.S. penny shown for size comparison.. The P-38 (larger variant known as the P-51) is a small can opener that was issued with canned United States military rations from its introduction in 1942 to the end of canned ration issuance in the 1980s. [1]
While great can openers, they were messy and borderline useless as spoons. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.20.37.79 17:00, 4 May 2013 (UTC) When I was in Nam 71-72, we used B-52 to refer to the beer can opener that punches triangular holes, aka “church key”. Don’t think I’ve ever seen the larger version of the P-38.