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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2016
Crown Packaging Technology, Inc., Alsip, IL (US);
Florian Christian Gregory Combe, Oxfordshire, GB;
Stephen John Osborn, Oxfordshire, GB;
Lucy Michelle Winstanley, Gloucestershire, GB;
Crown Packaging Technology, Inc., Alsip, IL (US);
Abstract
A can comprises a can body () and a lid (). The can body is manufactured using only a single homogeneous piece of material and has an edge that defines a top opening into the can. The can body also has an inwardly directed bead (), which extends around the body, is adjacent to the can body edge, and defines an inwardly facing sealing surface () of substantially constant transverse cross-sectional dimension along an axial extent. The lid defines an outwardly directed sealing surface which abuts the inwardly facing sealing surface presented by the inwardly directed bead in order to seal the lid to the can body. An alternative can body has an inwardly directed pinched or collapsed bead which defines an upwardly facing sealing surface () for engagement with a downwardly facing sealing surface of a can lid. The alternative can body additionally has an inwardly directed bead () between the can body edge and the pinched or collapsed bead. An outer brim () of the lid is configured to be retained between the two beads of the alternative can body.