Collapsed body bead for improved sidewall integrity of metal can packages
AssigneeCrown Beverage Packaging, Inc.
InventorRonald R. Goeppner
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Abstract
A can body which is reinforced by collapsed radially inwardly directed beads. The beads may either be normal to the axis of the can body or slope at an angle thereto. Maximum axial strength is obtained when the beads are normal to the axis of the can body while maximum panel strength is obtained when the beads slope at an angle to the axis. The can body is provided with normal open beads which are collapsed either during a flanging operation or a double seaming operation. When the beads slope relative to the axis of the can body, it is necessary that the originally formed open beads have configuration which will permit the collapsing of the beads while the beads remain in angular relation with respect to the axis of the can body.
Claims7
A method of reinforcing a tubular can body comprising the steps of providing a tubular can body having remote ends with a radially inwardly directed open bead remote from an adjacent one of said ends, and thereafter selectively during a flanging operation and a double seaming operation applying an axial pressure on said can body and collapsing said bead.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.