# US 10,441,991 B2 · Method of manufacturing cylindrical container

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- Number: US 10,441,991 B2
- Document ID: US10441991B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/429,635
- Filed: 2013-08-28
- Published: 2015-09-03
- Granted: 2019-10-15
- Earliest claimed: 2012-10-10
- Assignees: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Yasuyuki Ikeda; Shinichi Taya; Kota Sadaki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10441991B2

## CPC

- B21D 51/26: cans or tins; Closing same in a permanent manner (making outlet arrangements B21D51/38; welding or soldering B23K)
- B21D 22/22: with devices for holding the edge of the blanks (B21D22/24 - B21D22/30 take precedence; shaping over a die without external former B21D11/02)
- B21D 24/04: Blank holders; Mounting means therefor
- B21D: WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL (working or processing of wire B21F)

## Abstract

There is provided a method of manufacturing a cylindrical container using a metal sheet on at least one surface of which the metal is exposed. The method includes: obtaining a blank having a hexagonal shape from the metal sheet; and processing the blank into a cylindrical shape by pressing a central part of the blank with a punch in a state in which a peripheral part of the blank is clamped between a die for drawing process and a blank holder. The method is characterized by the following features. At least one of the die for drawing process and the blank holder has a groove-formed area at a portion of a surface thereof. The portion corresponds to a side of the blank. The groove-formed area is formed with a plurality of grooves along the circumferential direction. The blank is processed into the cylindrical shape by clamping the peripheral part of the blank between the die for drawing process and the blank holder so that the surface of the blank on which the metal is exposed is in a state of facing the groove-formed area and the side of the blank is in a position that corresponds to the groove-formed area.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method of manufacturing a cylindrical container using a metal sheet on at least one surface of which the metal is exposed, comprising:
obtaining a blank having a hexagonal shape from the metal sheet; and
processing the blank into a cylindrical shape by pressing a central part of the blank with a punch in a state in which a peripheral part of the blank is clamped between a die for drawing process and a blank holder,
wherein at least one of the die for drawing process and the blank holder has a plurality of groove-formed areas having a plurality of grooves which are arranged along a radial direction on a surface thereof, the plurality of groove-formed areas having the plurality of grooves being formed in an area corresponding to a plurality of sides of the blank having the hexagonal shape,
wherein the blank is processed into the cylindrical shape by clamping the peripheral part of the blank between the die for drawing process and the blank holder so that the surface of the blank on which the metal is exposed is in a state of facing the plurality of groove-formed areas having the plurality of grooves and the plurality of sides of the blank is in a position that corresponds to the plurality of groove-formed areas having the plurality of grooves.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of manufacturing a cylindrical container according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of groove-formed areas having the plurality of grooves are formed along a circumferential direction and on the surface of the at least one of the die for drawing process and the blank holder, the plurality of groove-formed areas having the plurality of grooves being formed in the area corresponding to the plurality of sides of the blank having the hexagonal shape.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of manufacturing a cylindrical container according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of groove-formed areas having the plurality of grooves formed along the circumferential direction and in the area corresponding to the plurality of sides of the blank are each formed in a region of 15° to 45° with the circumferential direction.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of manufacturing a cylindrical container according to claim 1, wherein the die for drawing process has the plurality of groove-formed areas having the plurality of grooves on the surface thereof, the plurality of groove-formed areas having the plurality of grooves being formed in the area corresponding to the plurality of sides of the blank having the hexagonal shape.