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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 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
A can lid () for an aluminum beverage can is disclosed and has a pull tab (), a chuck wall () defining a plug diameter B, a countersink () and a central panel () having a panel radius (). On the central panel, a score line () defining a tear panel () and a rivet () for connecting the pull-tab to the can lid are arranged. The lid has a 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 g. The central panel has a thickness of less than 0.19 mm. The rivet is arranged off-center on the central panel. The rivet is tilted, so that the rivet provides an axis of rotation of the pull tap that has an angle of between 2° and 4° with respect to an axis that is vertically orientated with respect to the central panel, and/or at least one ramp-up bead () is arranged on either side of pull tab or on both sides of the pull tab.