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Patent No.:

US 9327338 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2012

Knockout for use while necking a metal container, die system for necking a metal container and method of necking a metal container

Applicant:

Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Inventors:

Darl G. Boysel, Delmont, PA (US);

Robert E. Dick, Cheswick, PA (US);

Gary L. Myers, Sarver, PA (US);

David J. McNeish, Greensburg, PA (US);

Assignee:

Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Attorney:

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Shelley Self

Assistant Examiner:

Peter Iannuzzi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 37/00 (2006.01); B21D 41/04 (2006.01); B21D 51/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D 51/2669 (2013.01); B21D 37/00 (2013.01); B21D 41/04 (2013.01); B21D 51/2638 (2013.01);
Abstract

A knockout has a support surface and the support surface has: (i) a first knockout outer diameter capable of supporting the first inner diameter of a container side wall when the knockout is inserted into an opening of the metal container and when the metal container is being necked with a necking die; and (ii) a second knockout outer diameter capable of supporting the second inner diameter of the container side wall when the knockout is inserted into the opening of the metal container and when the metal container is being necked with the necking die, and wherein the first knockout outer diameter is larger than the second knockout outer diameter.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Boysel, Darl. (2016). Knockout for use while necking a metal container, die system for necking a metal container and method of necking a metal container (U.S. Patent No. 9327338). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9327338

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