Metal container end with coined periphery edge and related methods
AssigneeNovelis Inc.
InventorsIan Musson Campbell, Sebastijan Jurendic
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Abstract
A metal container end (102) for a metal container (100) includes a center section (116) and a periphery section (118) extending along a periphery of the center section. The periphery section includes an edge (122) of the periphery section, and the edge (122) includes a contacting portion (126) and a non-contacting portion (130). The contacting portion (126) of the edge (122) extends at a non-zero angle (132) relative to the non-contacting portion (130) of the edge (122).
Claims20
A metal container end comprising:
- a center section;
- and
- a periphery section extending along a periphery of the center section,
- wherein the periphery section comprises an edge,
- wherein the edge comprises a contacting portion and a non-contacting portion, and
- wherein the contacting portion extends at a non-zero angle relative to the non-contacting portion.
A metal container end comprising:
- a center section;
- a periphery section extending along a periphery of the center section;
- an outer surface;
- and
- an inner surface,
- wherein a distance from the outer surface to the inner surface is a thickness of the metal container end,
- wherein the periphery section comprises an edge extending between the outer surface and the inner surface,
- wherein the edge comprises a contacting portion and a non-contacting portion, and
- wherein the contacting portion of the edge extends from the outer surface towards the inner surface and at a non-zero angle relative to the non-contacting portion.
A method of forming a metal container end, the method comprising:
- blanking a material to form the metal container end such that the metal container end comprises a center section and a periphery section extending along a periphery of the center section;
- coining an edge of the periphery section and forming a contacting portion of the edge that extends at a non-zero angle relative to a non-contacting portion of the edge;
- and
- shaping the metal container end such that the periphery section comprises a curl between the center section and the edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.