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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2009
Applicants:
Craig Allen Mceldowney, Russia, OH (US);
Mark Richard Mitchell, Sidney, OH (US);
Inventors:
Craig Allen McEldowney, Russia, OH (US);
Mark Richard Mitchell, Sidney, OH (US);
Assignee:
Stolle Machinery Company, LLC, Centennial, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 22/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tab is used to open beer/beverage can ends and food can ends. The tab has one or more arcuate strips that are provided on a surface of the tab proximate to a peripheral surface of the tab where the one or more arcuate strips have been formed further into a preselected portion of curled or hemmed portions of the tab. Tooling for the manufacture of the tab is also provided. A method for manufacturing the tab is additionally provided as well.