Shell for can
CA 1250488 A · Owner: Drt Mfg. Co. · Inventors: Gregg, James R.; Brown, Omar L.; Bachmann, Henry C.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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The disclosure relates to a novel shell such as used in the manufacture of can ends, and to a method and tools for making such a shell. A non-circular blank having rounded corners is cut from thin metal. The blank is oblong in a direction transverse to the grain of the metal. A first set of tools separates the blanks and forms a substantially flat central panel and an upward-extending chuck wall about the edge of the panel to produce a partially formed shell. The junction area between said panel and said chuck wall has a relatively large radius of curvature at this time. A second set of tools forms in the blank a lip extending outward from the upper end of the chuck wall and generally …
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- Granted February 28, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 28, 2006.
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