British merchant Peter Durand invented the tin can in 1810.
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7335017 | Lighter with flint igniter A lighter includes a flint igniter igniting a flame positioned adjacent to a torch nozzle thereof to light up gas emitted from the torch nozzle to form a torch in which the gas released from a gas container of the lighter is distributed to have portion emitted from ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7246614 | Lightweight, portable cooking stove A small, lightweight, portable cooking stove that utilizes alcohol as fuel and is suitable for backpacking, hunting, camping and similar activities. The cooking stove includes a combustion chamber which encloses, contains and regulates the entire combustion process.... | 07/24/2007 |
| 5588823 | Alcohol lamp A novel structure of an alcohol lamp comprises generally a container for containing alcohol therein, a heating pipe and a U-shaped tubular wick adapting capillary attraction to siphon the alcohol up from the container. The heating pipe provide heating sou... | 12/31/1996 |