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US 8,939,317 B2Granted
Container body and its method of making
AssigneeImpress Group B.V.
InventorJohan Willem Roeterdink
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of making a container body (8), comprising the steps of: i) providing a round container body (8); ii) forming at least one circumferential bead (2) in the container body (8); and iii) axially compressing the container body (8) to kink and axially close the kinked bead (10), and to such container body (8) and container comprising same.
Claims15
A method of making a container body, comprising the steps of:
- i) providing a round container body;
- ii) forming at least one circumferential bead in the container body;
- iii) axially compressing the container body to kink and axially close the bead, thereby creating a kinked bead;
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- iv) radially compressing the kinked bead, thereby creating a radially compressed, kinked bead.
2 more elements
A container comprising a container body provided with at least one circumferential axially closed and kinked bead,
- wherein the kinked bead is radially compressed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.