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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1999
Gin-Fung Cheng, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Floyd A Jones, Wheaton, IL (US);
Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation, Alsip, IL (US);
Abstract
A can bottom having an approximately frustoconical portion extending downwardly and inwardly from the can side wall, an annular nose portion extending downwardly from the approximately frustoconical portion, and a central portion extending upwardly and inwardly from the nose. The nose is formed by inner and outer circumferentially extending frustoconical walls that are joined by a downwardly convex arcuate portion. The inner surface of the arcuate portion of the nose has a radius of curvature adjacent the nose inner wall of at least 0.060 inch. The central portion of the can bottom has a substantially flat disc-shaped central section, having a diameter of at least about 1.40 inches, and an approximately dome-shaped and downwardly concave having a radius of curvature no greater than 1.475 inches. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the inner surface of the arcuate portion of the nose is formed by a sector of a circle and has radius of curvature is no greater than about 0.070 inch. An apparatus for making the can bottom comprises a nose punch whose distal end has a radius of curvature that is equal to the radius of curvature of the can bottom nose and a die whose radius of curvature equals that of the dome.