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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:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Carl McEldowney, Sidney, OH (US);
Assignee:
Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220269 ; 220906 ;
Abstract
An easy open can end having shallow panel integrally formed in the tear away panel and a tab nose bead formed on the panel proximate the rivet, a method of further forming a can end to incorporate the aforedescribed features, and tooling for the further forming of the easy opening end.