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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1990
Mortimer S Thompson, Maumee, OH (US);
Innovative Closures, Inc., Maume, OH (US);
Abstract
A container or can having a body and end portion which include plastic free ends and which are joined and sealed by cooperatively curling the juxtaposed ends. The body portion has an opening surrounded by a free end suitable for curling. The container end portion has a generally flat or dish shaped central lid portion with a peripheral skirt having a free end adaptable to the container body free end and suitable for curling. The container body and end portions are joined by juxtaposing their free ends so that they form a double wall followed by curling with a curling tool to intimately engage the ends and concurrently curve the perimeters thereof to one another in a tightly curled configuration.