Ball Beverage Packaging Europe Limited

Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein Gmbh

Ball Europe Gmbh

Ralf Wersuhn

Olaf Joeressen

Thomas Hundeloh

Pim Van Dam

Andreas Tschage

Dirk Gade

Reiner Sauer

Willem Leendert Pieter Van Dam

Alexander Kolb

Norbert Mertens

Ingo Pung

Winfried HÖHN

A can lid () for an aluminum beverage can is disclosed and has a pull tab (), a chuck wall () defining a plug diameter B, a countersink () and a central panel () having a panel radius (). On the central panel, a score line () defining a tear panel () and a rivet () for connecting the pull-tab to the can lid are arranged. The lid has a lid plug diameter of between 45 to 49 mm, an outside diameter of between 52 to 55 mm, and a weight of less than 1.9 g. The central panel has a thickness of less than 0.19 mm. The rivet is arranged off-center on the central panel. The rivet is tilted, so that the rivet provides an axis of rotation of the pull tap that has an angle of between 2&#xb0; and 4&#xb0; with respect to an axis that is vertically orientated with respect to the central panel, and/or at least one ramp-up bead () is arranged on either side of pull tab or on both sides of the pull tab.

Lid for an aluminum beverage can

The invention refers to a can lid for an aluminum beverage can. The can lid has a pull tab, a chuck wall defining a plug diameter, a countersink and central panel having a panel radius. On the central panel, a score line defining a tear panel and a rivet for connecting a pull tab to the can lid are arranged. The rivet extends through a rivet island that is arranged between an opening part of the pull tab and a handle part of the pull tab. The lid has lid plug diameter of between 45 to 49 mm, an outside diameter of between 52 to 55 mm and a weight of less than 1.9 grams. The central panel has a thickness of less than 0.19 mm. The score line defines an area of between 300 mmto 350 mmand the score line has a shortest distance from the panel radius of less than 3 mm.

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Bornheim, Germany

Ralf Wersuhn