Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.

Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation

Carnaudmetalbox (holdings) USA Inc.

Obrist Closures Switzerland Gmbh

Coors Brewing Company

Sonoco Metal Packaging Switzerland Gmbh

Eviosys Packaging Switzerland Gmbh

Christopher Paul Ramsey

Laura Jane Vaughan

Laura Jane McGirr

Brian Mark Fields

Bruce John Munn

Lucy Michelle Winstanley

Paul Robert Dunwoody

Antonio Gonzalez

Martin John Watson

Alexandre Paris

Sylvia Maria Farrow

Garry Richard Chant

Florian Christian Gregory Combe

Christopher John Althorpe

Philippe Odet

Jason Morgan Kelly

Bernard Guglielmini

Paul Charles Claydon

Andrew Robert Lockley

Eleanor Rachel Ann Hyde

Iain Charles Edward Stuart

Michael Unwin

Graham Martin Gossedge

Sylvia Maria Haglund

Steven Andrew Skelton

Maria Louise Kelder

Mark Jonathan Prestidge

Vincent Manaut

Charles Anthony McIvor

Philip Norman Horton

Ian Maxwell

Christopher F Cheers

Stephen Robert Arnell

Thomas Hedley Maxwell-Wood

Herbert Bruce Smith

Nicholas James Caunter

Alex Fioravanti

Thomas Alexander Groves

Donald E Griffiths

Daniel A Abramowicz

Katherine Roselaar

Anthony Charles Franco

Elliann Amy Edwards

Salvatore Avolio

Gerald Nadin

Richard John Hensley

David Dennis Pateman

Eleanor Rachel Hyde

Blanca Pascual Oliver

Robert McDonald Gillies

Bernard Gugleilmini

Michael Barrie Simpson

Ben Mattin

Tim Clark

Matthew Buy

Tristan Robert Ellison

Stephen Miles Colville

Anne Elizabeth Nicholls

Peter Alan Young

Steven Allan McCluskie

Polly Firth

Lenneke Koopmans

Andrew Jonathan Sant

Steven Allen McCluskie

Katie Bodnar

Mark James LeFeuvre

Michael Stephane Spottiswoode

Reinhold Karl Jaeger-Waldau

Peter Frank Woodward

Andrew Phillips

Mark James Le Feuvre

Jean-Marc André Richeux

Laura Jane Mcgirr

Andrew Sant

Alexandre Roland Dachs

Giuseppe Leonardo Quarini

A metal easy open can end adapted for closing a metal can body is proposed. The can end has a score () defining a removable panel () and a tab (), located at an edge region of the panel, for applying a force to the panel to allow the panel to be removed in a tear direction. The panel () has at least one embossed and/or debossed rib (-) extending substantially in said tear direction from a location or locations proximal to said tab to a location or locations proximal to an end of the panel opposite to said edge region. The rib(s) have a depth or height of at least 0.6 mm relative to surrounding panel regions along at least a part of the rib extent.

Easy open end with increased panel stiffness

A container comprising a container body having a neck, the neck having inner and outer surfaces and a rim extending between tops of the inner and outer surfaces, and the rim defining a circular opening. The closure has a centre panel, the closure defining an annular channel. An annular gasket is disposed in the annular channel and the annular channel receives said rim of said neck such that the annular gasket forms a seal between said rim and said closure. When the container body is closed by the closure, the difference between an inside radius of the annular channel at a channel depth of 0.2 mm and an inside radius of said rim is less than substantially 0.9 mm.

Low migration container

A method of canning and processing a particulate edible product, the method comprising: providing a metal can body with one open end; filling the metal can body through said open end with the particulate edible product and a volume of liquid, the volume of liquid comprising no more than 30% of the internal volume of the metal can; fixing a lid to the metal can body to close the open end; and using an induction heating process to heat the liquid in the can and thereby process the product.

Food processing in metal cans

A closure for a container. The closure comprises an end panel, a sidewall depending from the end panel and having an inwardly directed curl, and a sealing compound extending down the inner surface of the sidewall. A plurality of ribs are formed in the sealing compound, spaced apart around the circumference of the sidewall, each rib extending down the sidewall and projecting radially inwardly.

Container closure with ribs formed in sealing compound

A method for forming a Data Matrix Code or like two dimensional code on a beverage can tab uses a laser having a focal ratio of between 40 and 70 to produce spots having an average diameter of between 200 and 400 microns. The code is smaller than 6 mm by 6 mm, at least 12 modules by 12 modules, and smaller than 21 modules by 21 modules, thereby providing sufficient quantity of unique codes for use with commercial beverage can quantities. Preferably each module is formed by one laser spot. Alternatively, nine spots may be used to form a module.

Marking tabs with a two dimensional code

A container can end includes a concave dome shape and may forgo a peripheral reinforcing bead around the center panel. The tab may also be curved. Tooling for forming the end and a corresponding method are provided.

Concave can end

A metal end for seaming onto a metal container body. The end comprises an outer curl, a centre panel within the outer curl, and a tab having a longitudinal axis (A). The end further comprises a rivet securing the tab to the centre panel, and a score in the centre panel having two spaced apart ends which define a hinge therebetween, the hinge lying on one side of said longitudinal axis (A), such that operation of the tab fractures the score and causes the region of the centre panel within the score to pivot about the hinge and provide an aperture in the centre panel. The score extends into a region of the centre panel that is behind a centre line (B) running through the centre of the rivet and perpendicular to said longitudinal axis (A), and on the other side of the longitudinal axis (A) from the hinge.

Can with end venting feature

Beverage can tab

An aerosol container includes a single piece or a two-piece mounting cup that is concave and, preferably, enables stacking and is lightweight.

Compact aerosol container

Lid for a container

A re-closable container comprising a container body (), a single piece metal closure and a layer of sealing compound provided on an underside of the closure. The container body and the closure have first cooperating features () to allow the closure to be twisted onto and off of the container body. The layer of sealing compound and a sealing surface () of the container body which comes into contact with the sealing compound have second cooperating features () which establish one or more venting passages upon rotation of the closure from a closed position. The second cooperating features comprise one or more protrusions or indents in the sealing surface and one or more corresponding indents or protrusions on the sealing compound that are radially aligned with the one or more protrusions or indents in the sealing surface when the closure is in a closed position.

Re-closable container

A method for forming a beverage can end () having ink jet markings () on its tab () comprises a step of applying ink via an ink jet to a surface of tab stock, wherein the tab stock surface is unlubricated and substantially free of factory lubricant. The method further includes a step of lubricating the tab stock after the step of applying ink, a step of forming the tab stock into tabs, and a step of combining the tabs with an end shell to from the beverage can end.

Ink jet printing on a metal can substrate

Bottle top

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