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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 1985

Filed:

Sep. 14, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:

Nick S Khoury, Worth, IL (US);

Assignee:

Continental Can Company, Inc., Stamford, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D / ; B21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
413 17 ; 413 67 ;
Abstract

This relates to the formation of a line of weakening in the form of a score in a metal sheet for defining a line along which the metal sheet may be ruptured. It has been found that when the metal sheet in the area which is to be scored is compressed, the metal sheet may be more easily scored to a controlled residual with a minimum of undue fracture. Accordingly, beads are coined on the underside of the metal sheet on opposite sides of the intended position of the score in a first operation to compress the metal. The then compressed metal is engaged by a conventional scoring die on the opposite surface thereof and scoring of the metal is effected in the normal manner.


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