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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2008
Tadashi Nishibe, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiko Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Nishibe, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiko Okada, Tokyo, JP;
Kirin Beer Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An easy-open can end including an inclined surface formed in a direction of a tab tail of a pull-tab from a center of a panel such that the center of the panel becomes a maximum concave portion, a lower surface of the pull-tab abuts on the inclined surface or is brought close to the inclined surface along the inclined surface, the pull-tab has a pit S formed by pressing-down forming, and the pull-tab is bent by the pit S. A method for manufacturing an easy-open can end including a process for pressing down part of an outer rim of the pull-tab after or at the same time as a process for fixing the pull-tab to the panel.