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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1976
Filed:
Jun. 27, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Herman Hartman, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Frank Bruno Pas, Carpentersville, IL (US);
Joseph Lambert Godar, Wauconda, IL (US);
Assignee:
American Can Company, Greenwich, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1131 / ;
Abstract
An open-ended cylindrical container body whose body wall marginal open end portion includes an annular body curl, and comprises metal less than about 0.0057 inch thick for a drawn and ironed container body, and less than about 0.002 inch for the metal foil liner of a composite container body, a method of securing a metal end closure to the curled container bodies by mechanical engagement and compression of end portion of the end closure cover hook substantially axially against the body curl, and the hermetic pressure-resistant containers formed therby.