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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2011
Applicant:
Sybren Ytsma, Friesland, NL;
Inventor:
Sybren Ytsma, Friesland, NL;
Assignee:
Impress Group B.V., Deventer, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 22/30 (2006.01); B21D 51/38 (2006.01); B65D 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 22/30 (2013.01); B21D 51/38 (2013.01); B65D 1/165 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for making a can, such as a paint can, includes the steps of: i. providing a cylindrical body; ii. arranging a piston in a first opening of the cylindrical body for defining the diameter of the opening; and iii. curling a free end of the first opening radially outwardly and axially along the cylindrical body thereby forming a curl.