Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation

Crown Packaging Technology, Inc.

Carnaudmetalbox (Holdings) USA Inc.

Peter James Hinton

Mark Christopher Kysh

Mouayed Mamdooh Brifcani

A can end includes a peripheral cover hook a chuck wall dependent from the interior of the cover hook, an outwardly concave annular reinforcing bead extending radially inwards from the chuck wall, and a central panel supported by an inner portion of the reinforcing bead, characterized in that, the chuck wall is inclined to an axis perpendicular to the exterior of the central panel at an angle between 20&#xb0; and 60&#xb0;, and the concave cross-sectional radius of the reinforcing bead is less than 0.75 mm.

Can end and method for fixing the same to a can body

A can end comprising a peripheral cover hook, a chuck wall dependent from a first point on the interior of the cover hook, an outwardly concave annular reinforcing bead extending radially inwards from a second point on the interior of the chuck wall, and a central panel supported by an inner portion of the reinforcing bead, characterized in that, a line connecting the first point and the second point is inclined to an axis perpendicular to the exterior of the central panel at an angle between 30&#xb0; and 60&#xb0;.

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Swindon, United Kingdom

Peter James Hinton