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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2000
Hiroshi Nishida, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hidekuni Murakami, Kitakyushu, JP;
Masayoshi Suehiro, Kitakyushu, JP;
Shoji Nosaka, Kitakyushu, JP;
Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A can lid made of a metal sheet having a resin coating on at least one surface thereof and superior in can openability, having an outer peripheral flat portion and an inner peripheral flat portion straddling a score line further having an outer bead and inner bead at the sides of the outer peripheral flat portion and the inner peripheral flat portion opposite to the score line, and having a cross-section where the score line becomes gradually thinner from the thicknesses of the outer peripheral flat portion and the inner peripheral flat portion and a process for forming the same.