Receptacles – Closures – With closure opening arrangements for means
Patent
1995-10-02
1998-05-12
Shoap, Allan N.
Receptacles
Closures
With closure opening arrangements for means
220906, B65D 1734
Patent
active
057494886
ABSTRACT:
An easy open construction for a can end wherein a tear panel principally defined by a rupturable score line in a central panel of a wall is opened by operating a tab having one end adapted to press against the tear panel at a position spaced from the score line and overlying only a small portion of the opening left by the tear panel in its open position. The other end of the tab constitutes a finger gripping portion which is manually liftable to open the tear panel and may be returnable directly to its original position next to the wall. The tab and tear panel remain secured to the wall after the tear panel has been moved to its open position. The central panel is defined by a coined area and a downwardly recessed area located immediately radially inwardly adjacent the coined area. The finger gripping portion elevation relative to the top of the end seaming panel is relocated away from the seam as a result of this downward recessed area. Adequate finger gripping clearance beneath the portion is provided through a number of different configurations without the need for tab tip-up. In yet another embodiment, the tab and tear panel are located within a second recessed area recessed downwardly from the surrounding recessed area and in which tab tip-up is required to create finger access.
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Bagwell Alan C.
Edwards Daniel A.
Lyne, Jr. Robert C.
Newhouse Nathan
Reynolds Metals Company
Shoap Allan N.
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