Stay-on tab for a beverage container

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-03-28
REXAM BEVERAGE CAN
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[0022]This aspect of the invention may include one or more of the following features, alone or in any reasonable combination. The reworked portion of the metallic material may comprise a flattened segment engaging the lower surface of the grab portion. The tab may further comprise a circumferential wall defining a portion of the aperture between the upper surface and the lower surface of the grab portion wherein the circumferential wall comprises a first portion of a burnish depth, a sec

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[0036]While this invention is susceptible of embodiments in many different forms, there is shown in the drawings and will herein be described in detail preferred embodiments of the invention with the understanding that the present disclosure is to be considered as an exemplification of the principles of the invention and is not intended to limit the broad aspect of the invention to the embodiments illustrated.

[0037]The present invention is generally related to can ends or lids for a two-piece beverage can typically produced from a metallic material. Referring to the FIG. 1, an end closure 10 for a container (not shown) has a central panel wall 12 having a seaming curl 14 for joining the end closure 10 to the container. The container is typically a drawn and ironed metal can, usually constructed from a thin plate of aluminum or steel. End closures for such containers are also typically constructed from a cutedge of thin plate of aluminum or steel, formed into blank end, and manufactu...

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A non-detachable pull tab for a beverage container has a nose end, a lift end opposite the nose end, and a central webbing of a metallic material between the nose and lift end. The central webbing has a hinge region, a rivet island surrounding a rivet hole, a void region at least partially surrounding the rivet island, and a grab portion between the first void region and the lift end. The grab portion has an upper surface, a lower surface, and an aperture therethrough. The aperture is defined by a circumferential wall of the grab portion extending from the upper surface to the lower surface and includes a first segment of a reworked portion of a burr.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]N / AFEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT[0002]N / ATECHNICAL FIELD[0003]The invention relates to beverage containers. More particularly, the invention relates to stay-on or non-detachable tabs for beverage can lids having an indicium pierced therethrough.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0004]Typical end closures for beer and beverage containers have an opening panel and an attached leverage tab for pushing the opening panel into the container to open the end. The container is typically a drawn and ironed metal can, usually constructed from a thin plate of aluminum or steel. End closures for such containers are also typically constructed from a cutedge of thin plate of aluminum, formed into a blank end, and manufactured into a finished end by a process often referred to as end conversion. These ends are formed in the process of first forming a cutedge of thin metal, forming a blank end from the cutedge, and converting the blank into an end ...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D17/34B21D51/44
CPCB21D51/383B65D17/165B65D2203/00G09F23/0091B65D2517/0053B65D2517/5078B65D2517/0014B65D17/4012
Inventor FORREST, RANDALL G.
Owner REXAM BEVERAGE CAN
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