Method and apparatus for opening and reclosing beverage cans

Details Method and apparatus for opening and reclosing beverage cans Method and apparatus for opening and reclosing beverage cans

1989-02-06

1989-12-19

Lowrance, George E.

Receptacles

Closures

Removable closure retained by ductile in situ deformation

220278, 220260, 30450, 30411, 7152, B67B 724

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048877344

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for opening and reclosing beverage cans in a first embodiment includes a tool having piercing and forming portions for opening an aperture in and shaping a flap depending from an end wall of a beverage can spaced a predetermined distance spaced substantially away from the cylindrical side wall of the can sufficient to permit the forming portion to displace the flap resulting from the piercing closely against the interior surface of the end wall of the can such that the interior surface surrounding the periphery of the aperture thus formed is substantially planar, and in a second embodiment includes a tool having a cylindrical piercing portion, the apparatus further including a plug carried on the tool for reclosing and sealing the aperture in the can.

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