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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2004
Paul Robert Dunwoody, Wantage, GB;
Philip Alan Marriott, Grove, GB;
Sudesh Kumar Nayar, Swindon, GB;
Andrew Philip Pavely, Lower Blunsdon, GB;
Paul Robert Dunwoody, Wantage, GB;
Philip Alan Marriott, Grove, GB;
Sudesh Kumar Nayar, Swindon, GB;
Andrew Philip Pavely, Lower Blunsdon, GB;
Crown Packaging Technology, Inc., Alsip, IL (US);
Abstract
A reclosable metal container in the style of a bottle-shaped can has a conventional can body of steel or aluminum to which a metal neck component is seamed. A sleeve of plastics fits over the neck component and a detent inside the sleeve clips it onto the seam. The upper edge of the sleeve is fixed in place by a curl on the upper edge of the neck component. By using a separate neck component and hiding the seam under a sleeve, conventional sizes and material gauges can be used for the can body. Thicker material may be used for the neck component in order to withstand necking forces. Threads for closing the container may be provided either on the sleeve or, in an embodiment where the sleeve is simply used to cover the seam, on a cylindrical part of the neck component itself.