Packaging can and method and apparatus for its manufacture
CA 2598760 C · Owner: Crown Packaging Technology, Inc. · Inventors: Maxwell, Ian; Riviere, Maurice; Caunter, Nicholas James
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A can for packaging food, comprising a metal can body and a diaphragm lid (16) formed of lidding material which comprises a multilayer structure with at least an aluminium layer of from 6 to 90 microns thickness and a bond layer for fixing the lid (16) directly to the can body. One method for forming the can forms the lidding material by using an outwardly extending curl (20) at one end of the metal can body as the draw die. Lidding material which is carried by the body maker punch is drawn around the curl of the can body draw die so as to form the lidding material into a cup shape.
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- Filed February 20, 2006 and granted October 1, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 20, 2026.
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