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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arthur P Zundel, Mt. Prospect, IL (US);
Assignee:
National Can Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1131 / ; 113 / ;
Abstract
A method of forming a removable section in a metal wall portion of a container is disclosed herein. A first, area of reduced cross-section is coined the wall portion outside the first coined area and most of the displaced metal is forced inside the first area so that the portion inside the first area is in compression and is substantially dish-shaped in cross section, a weakened line is then produced in the first area to define a removable section.