Tab, tooling for the manufacture of the tab and method of manufacturing the tab
AssigneeStolle Machinery Company, LLC
InventorsCraig Allen McEldowney, Mark Richard Mitchell
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AssigneeStolle Machinery Company, LLC
InventorsCraig Allen McEldowney, Mark Richard Mitchell
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The invention generally relates to a tab used to open food can ends and beer/beverage can ends. The tab has a nose portion located at a front end of the tab and a lift portion located at a back end of the tab. The tab also has a rivet receiving portion located proximate to the nose portion with a rivet hole. The rivet receiving portion is coupled to the nose portion. The rivet hole has a non-round perimeter with a first diameter portion and a second diameter portion. The first diameter portion has a plurality of first arcuate segments and the second diameter portion has a plurality of notches. The second diameter portion is greater in length than the first diameter portion. Tooling for the manufacture of the tab is also provided. A method for manufacturing the tab is additionally provided as well.
A tab to be affixed to a can end, the tab comprising:
A method of manufacturing a tab to be affixed to a can end, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.