Daiwa Can Company

Yoshinao Shima

Yasushi Enoki

Yukio Ogawa

Hirotomo Tamiya

The invention is a bottle-shaped can manufacturing method of shaping a neck portion, a shoulder portion and a body portion integrally. The method comprises: a step of shaping a covered metallic sheet, as prepared by forming thermoplastic resin covering films on the two surfaces of a metallic sheet and by applying a lubricant to the thermoplastic resin covering films, into a cup shape by punching out the metallic sheet; a step of shaping the shaped cup into a bottomed cylindrical can reduced in diameter and thinned at its body portion; a step of shaping the bottom side of the bottomed cylindrical can into a shoulder portion and an unopened neck portion; a step of removing the lubricant at least from the outer surface of the can which is not opened at its neck portion but opened at the lower end of its body portion; a step of applying a printed design to the outer surface of the body portion cleared of the lubricant; and a step of shaping a cut end portion, as opened by cutting the leading end portion of the unopened neck portion, into a curled portion and shaping a threaded portion below the curled portion. Therefore, a protective covering film can be formed in a homogeneous state on the metallic surface of the can. On the other hand, a decorative print can be satisfactorily applied to the outer surface of the body portion of the can. For handling the can at the printing step, moreover, there can be converted a transfer apparatus by the vacuum or compressed air injection mechanism which has been employed in the prior art.

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Sagamihara, Japan

Yoshinao Shima