| 摘要 |
2093339 9302851 PCTABS00019 A manual beverage can crushing utensil having a base (8), a pivot member (2), a lever (1) pivotally attached to the top of the pivot member, and an upper crushing anvil (3) pivotally attached to the lever outwardly from the pivot member. A link (4) pivotally attached to the pivot member above the lever is also pivotally attached to the top of the upper crushing anvil, thereby maintaining, throughout the crushing stroke, the upper crushing anvil in generally vertical axial alignment with the beverage can, whose rims mate with the undersurface of the upper crushing anvil and with a can-receiving anvil on the base. The undersurface of the upper crushing anvil is at a slight angle to the horizontal at the beginning of the crushing stroke so that initial collapse of the can begins under moderate crushing force and is substantially parallel to the base at the end of the stroke. In one embodiment of the invention the crushing utensil may include a suction mechanism (10) coupled to the base for grippingly adhering the base to a flat support surface. The suction mechanism preferably consists of a suction cup attached to a lever arm pivotably and lockably coupled to a rear portion of the base.
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