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US 10,246,218 B2Granted
Necked beverage can having a seamed-on end
AssigneeCrown Packaging Technology, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Paul Ramsey, Laura Jane McGirr, Brian Fields
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Abstract
A beverage can for carbonated soft drinks, beer, and other pressurized uses includes a drawn and ironed can body, a highly necked portion, and an relatively small end that is attached to the can body by a double seam.
Claims41
A beverage can including:
- a drawn and ironed, metal beverage can body including a base, a cylindrical sidewall extending upwardly from the base, and a tapering neck extending upwardly from the sidewall;
- the base including a standing ring and a dome located within the standing ring;
- and
- an end seamed together with an upper end of the neck, the end including a center panel located within the seam, a sealed pour aperture formed in the center panel, the sealed pour aperture is a score formed in the center panel, the end further including a tab adapted for opening the sealed pour aperture, the tab being coupled to the center panel by a rivet, the rivet being positioned between a center of the center panel and the score,
- the can body having a diameter at the cylindrical sidewall that is between 40% and 100% greater than a diameter of the seamed end outside of the seam.
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A beverage can including:
- a drawn and ironed, metal beverage can body including a base, a cylindrical sidewall extending upwardly from the base, and a tapering neck extending upwardly from the sidewall;
- the base including a standing ring and a dome located within the standing ring;
- and
- an end seamed together with an upper end of the neck, the end including a center panel located within the seam, a sealed pour aperture formed in the center panel, the sealed pour aperture is adapted for being opened by a tab;
- wherein a ratio between an average can sidewall thickness measured in units of ten-thousandths of an inch and a can body diameter at the cylindrical sidewall measured in units of inches is less than approximately 25, and wherein an average wall thickness of the neck is thicker than the average wall thickness of the cylindrical sidewall.
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A beverage can including:
- a drawn and ironed, metal beverage can body including a base, a cylindrical sidewall extending upwardly from the base, and a tapering neck extending upwardly from the sidewall;
- the base including a standing ring and a dome located within the standing ring;
- and
- an end seamed together with an upper end of the neck, the end including a center panel located within the seam, a sealed pour aperture formed in the center panel, the sealed pour aperture is a score formed in the center panel, the end further including a tab adapted for opening the sealed pour aperture, the tab being coupled to the center panel by a rivet,
- the can body having a diameter at the cylindrical sidewall that is between 40% and 100% greater than a diameter of the seamed end outside of the seam, and wherein an average wall thickness of the neck is thicker than the average wall thickness of the cylindrical sidewall.
2 more elements
A beverage can including:
- a drawn and ironed, metal beverage can body including a base, a cylindrical sidewall extending upwardly from the base, and a tapering neck extending upwardly from the sidewall;
- the base including a standing ring and a dome located within the standing ring;
- and
- an end seamed together with an upper end of the neck, the end including a reinforcing bead and a center panel located within the seam and extending inwardly from the reinforcing bead, a sealed pour aperture formed in the center panel, the sealed pour aperture defining a pour opening that is capable of being opened upon lifting a tab while the tab is located entirely within the seam;
- the can body having a diameter at the cylindrical sidewall that is between 40% and 100% greater than a diameter of the seamed end outside of the seam.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.