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US 9,409,224 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for radially expanding a container body, such radially expanded container body and a container comprising such container body
AssigneeImpress Group B.V.
InventorJohan Willem Roeterdink
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for radially expanding a container body, including the steps of: i) providing a cylindrical container body having a longitudinal weld seam; ii) providing the container body at least one end with a flange; iii) clamping the container body circumferentially at the flange in a suspended state; and iv) radially expanding the suspended and clamped body from the clamped body end towards the suspended body end, to an apparatus therefore and to the container body and container.
Claims8
A method for radially expanding a container body, comprising the steps of:
- i) providing a cylindrical container body having a longitudinal weld seam;
- ii) providing the container body at at least one end with a flange to create a flanged container body;
- iii) clamping the flanged container body circumferentially at the flange in a suspended state to provide a suspended and clamped body;
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- (iv) radially expanding the suspended and clamped body from a clamped body end towards a suspended body end to provide a radially expanded body,
- wherein the radial expansion is carried out using a radial adjusting means for radially adjusting a diameter of a radially adjustable, continuous circumferential expansion surface of a resilient punch tool by acting on an inner surface of the resilient punch tool such that an exterior surface of the radially adjustable, continuous circumferential expansion surface of the resilient punch tool is in continuous contact with an inner surface of the container.
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