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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2015
Ball Metalpack, Llc, Westminster, CO (US);
Richard L. Lord, Westminster, CO (US);
Jason M. Kaanta, Pine, CO (US);
Christine N. Buckler, Broomfield, CO (US);
Joseph D. Bulso, Canton, OH (US);
William J. Simmons, Canton, OH (US);
Ball Metalpack, LLC, Westminster, CO (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of forming a metallic cup that is subsequently reformed into a container body. More specifically, an apparatus and methods used to form a metallic cup with a reformed bottom having an inwardly oriented projection are disclosed. The inwardly oriented projection reduces a height of the metallic cup but utilizes the same amount of metallic stock material as a taller cup with substantially the same diameter that does not have an inward projection. The inwardly oriented projection thus allows the use of a conventional bodymaker and other can manufacturing tools to convert the cup into a container body of a preferred size and shape.