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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
May. 17, 2017
Ball Beverage Packaging Europe Limited, Bedfordshire, GB;
Thomas Hundeloh, Bad Marienberg, DE;
Olaf Joeressen, Meerbusch, DE;
Pim Van Dam, EC Epe, NL;
Ralf Wersuhn, Bornheim, DE;
Ball Beverage Packaging Europe Limited, Bedfordshire, GB;
Abstract
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.