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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2008
André Wichelhaus, Stuttgart, DE;
André Wichelhaus, Stuttgart, DE;
IMV Innovation Marketing und Vertriebs GmbH, Tuebingen, DE (US);
Abstract
Re-closable can end lid with a rotatable opening and re-sealing tab, and drink can equipped with the re-sealable can end lid, wherein a lid plate () includes a break-away portion () surrounded by a predetermined break-line () that is separable from the lid plate by the press portion () of an opening tab () in an opening position of the tab, so that an aperture () is created in the lid plate that is surrounded by a ring-wall () on the outside of the predetermined break-line (). On a grip portion () of the opening tab (), a sealing attachment () is formed that, after rotating the opening tab () into a closing rotating position, fits into a recess surrounded by the ring-wall and sealingly engages on the inner face of the ring-wall () along its outer circumferential sealing rim.