Stolle Machinery Company, LLC

Robert Herbert Brussell

Dennis Cornelius Stammen

Patrick Kevin McCarty

Steven Todd Albright

Robert Joseph Will

Greg Scott Williams

Christopher Lawrence Macke

Gregory H Butcher

Mark Richard Mitchell

Craig Allen McEldowney

Ecology tab

Can end

Ecology can end

A tab is provided, which includes a body having first and second opposing ends, a nose portion disposed at or about the first end of the body, a lift portion disposed at or about the second end of the body of the tab, and a rivet receiving portion disposed proximate the nose portion. The rivet receiving portion includes a generally planar portion, a rivet hole having a perimeter, and an upturned portion extending upwardly from the generally planar portion about the perimeter of the rivet hole. The upturned portion reinforces the rivet hole and has an arcuate cross section profile. An integral rivet extends through the rivet hole and is staked to affix the tab to a can end. The upturned portion is devoid of any corners or edges both before and after the integral rivet is staked.

Tab with reinforced rivet hole, and tooling and associated method for providing same

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New Bremen, OH, United States of America

Robert Herbert Brussell