Can ends with panels
AssigneeStolle Machinery Company, LLC
InventorsBryan Lee Schoenlein, Dennis Cornelius Stammen, Craig A. McEldowney
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Abstract
A can end includes a panel formed in the can end. The panel includes a perimeter spaced inwardly from an outer periphery of the can end. A score is formed in the panel. The score is spaced inwardly from the outer periphery. The panel includes a cent bead extending upwardly from the can end. The score is located on one side of the cent bead. An imaginary axis extends through a center of the can end and evenly divides the cent bead. A distance between the outer periphery of the panel and the score along the imaginary axis is greater than 0.080 inch.
Claims19
A can end comprising:
- a panel formed in the can end, the panel including a front end, a rear end, and a perimeter spaced inwardly from an outer periphery of the can end, a score formed in the panel, the score being spaced inwardly from the outer periphery, the panel including a cent bead extending upwardly from the can end, the score being located on one side of the cent bead,
- wherein an imaginary axis extends through a center of the can end and evenly divides the cent bead;
- wherein a distance between the outer periphery of the panel and the score along the imaginary axis is greater than 0.080 inches;
- and
- wherein the panel is tapered from the front end to the rear end.
A can end comprising:
- a panel formed in the can end, the panel including a perimeter spaced inwardly from an outer periphery of the can end, a score formed in the panel, the score being spaced inwardly from the outer periphery, the panel including a cent bead extending upwardly from the can end, the score being located on one side of the cent bead,
- wherein an imaginary axis extends through a center of the can end and evenly divides the cent bead;
- wherein a distance between the outer periphery of the panel and the score along the imaginary axis is greater than 0.080 inches;
- and
- wherein the panel includes a pair of opposing side portions that are linear from the curvature of the top end of the panel to the curvature of the bottom end of the panel.
A can end comprising:
- a panel formed in the can end, the panel including a perimeter spaced inwardly from an outer periphery of the can end, a score formed in the panel, the score being spaced inwardly from the outer periphery, the panel including a cent bead extending upwardly from the can end, the score being located on one side of the cent bead,
- wherein an imaginary axis extends through a center of the can end and evenly divides the cent bead;
- wherein a distance between the outer periphery of the panel and the score along the imaginary axis is greater than 0.080 inches;
- and
- wherein the outer periphery of the panel has a smaller radius at a pair of opposing side portions than a remaining portion of the outer periphery of the panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.