US3757989A - Can end with inseparable tear strip - Google Patents

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US3757989A
US3757989A US00103255A US3757989DA US3757989A US 3757989 A US3757989 A US 3757989A US 00103255 A US00103255 A US 00103255A US 3757989D A US3757989D A US 3757989DA US 3757989 A US3757989 A US 3757989A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
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    • B21D51/38—Making inlet or outlet arrangements of cans, tins, baths, bottles, or other vessels; Making can ends; Making closures
    • B21D51/383—Making inlet or outlet arrangements of cans, tins, baths, bottles, or other vessels; Making can ends; Making closures scoring lines, tear strips or pulling tabs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D17/00—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions
    • B65D17/28—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness
    • B65D17/401—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall
    • B65D17/4012—Rigid or semi-rigid containers specially constructed to be opened by cutting or piercing, or by tearing of frangible members or portions at lines or points of weakness characterised by having the line of weakness provided in an end wall for opening partially by means of a tearing tab
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • ABSTRACT A can end in which thetear strip is defined by a noncontinuous score which is formed so that the tear strip is prevented from being completely removed from the can ends. Coined formations are positioned in the area about the score line to prevent the formation of sharp edges against which a user could cut'himself.
  • the end wall is coined so as to form a score ledge situated beneath the horizontal plane of the end wall and the tear strip is further coined or formed to a position beneath the horizontal plane of the score ledge.
  • the tear strip When a score is formed in the ledge, the tear strip is coined slightly further away from the horizontal plane of the ledge to absorb the-metal flowing away from the score.
  • ridges are coined into the end wall and the tear strip on opposite sides of the legs of the score to accomplish the same result.
  • This invention relates to easy opening cans and more specifically to such cans which are readily opened by severing a tear strip, defined by a line of score, from a wall of the can to expose the contents thereof.
  • a tab or lever is permanently joined to a tear strip which is configured so'that a pouring spout or opening will beprovided when the tear strip is pulled away from the end wall of the can end by rupturing a continuous score line which defines the tear strip.
  • the tab is lifted to initiate rupturing of the score and the tab and the tear strip are then completely removed from the can by pulling on the tab to sever the continuous score line.
  • a can end may be provided with a rivet which is to be staked over the attachment portion of a tab. The can end is then coined downwardly in the area adjacent the rivet to provide a stepped surface including'a scoring ledge immediately adjacent the end wall and spaced downwardly therefrom and a tear strip immediately adjacent the scoring ledge and spaced downwardly therefrom.
  • a scoring tool is used to create a score on the ledge.
  • a user may sever the score by pulling the tear strip away from the end wall, thereby creating a pouring spout or opening.
  • the scoring tool acts on the material of the scoring ledge, it causes metal in the can end to flow in opposite directions away from the score since the undersurface of the ledge is closely supported by a die surface opposite the scoring die.
  • can ends are provided with a protective coating on the side thereof which will be inside the can in order to prevent contact between the contents and the metal of the can end. This is necessary to prevent acids in the contents from acting upon and weakening the metal and from having their properties change or taste tainted by the metal.
  • a protective coating When very high pressures are exerted on a small area, such as during coining or scoring operations, the protective coating is easily damaged, requiring that the can end be recoated after the machining operations are completed. Recoating of can ends requires that additional expense be incurred which might otherwise be avoided.
  • the scoring ledge have as wide a surface as possible to minimize the unit pressure exerted thereon during coining, thereby reducing the possibility of damage to the protective coating.
  • the scoring ledge it is necessary that the scoring ledge be manufactured as narrow as possible so that the metallic edges of the pouring spout and the tear strip will be closely protected by the vertical surfaces extending between (1) the ledge and the end wall and (2) the ledge and the tear strip.
  • the scoring ledge is manufactured sufficiently wide to prevent damage to the protective coating but narrow enough so that the metallic edges formed by a score positioned substantially in the center of the ledge will be protected by the vertical surfaces to prevent injury to the user.
  • the can end is coined to provide the stepped product in which the median step comprises a-scoring ledge.
  • the ledge is wide enough to prevent damage to the enamel, but narrow'enough to provide the protection desired and is thinned by the coining so that a relatively wide scoring tool may be used which penetrates the scoring ledge a relatively small distance.
  • the metal displaced by the scoring tool tends to flow in directions substantially perpendicular to the movement of the tool since the ledge is supported by a die. Therefore, some of the displaced metal will flow toward the tear strip and, if unchecked, will create a ridge extending substantially along the longitudinalcenter of the tear strip. In other words, the displacement of the metal can cause a distortion of the can end.
  • a. coining or punching tool may be used to exert a slight stretch ing force on thetear strip so that the displaced metal flowing toward the tear strip is taken up by a slight elongating of the vertical surface between the ledge and the tear strip.
  • the coining and scoring of the can end may be performed so that the configuration of the scoring ledge and the score is such that a continuous score is not formed. Instead, at the end of the tear strip distal from the point of attachment of the tab, the ledge and the score are flared outwardly and slightly back toward the attachment end to form force reversing curves in the score line. As severing of the score reaches the reversing curves, it will be difficult for a user to exert a severing force on the tab which will pull the tear strip away from the end wall. This is because the pulling force required to sever the score in'the area'of the reversing curves would have to be directed in opposite directions either alternately or simultaneously and the disclosed configuration of the curves prevents that from being done. Further, the curves also tend to prevent the natural formation of a sharp crease at the end of the tear strip. In other words, a consumer is positively prevented from pulling the tear strip away from the can end without expending a relatively considerable time and effort.
  • the user When severing reaches the reversing curves, the user will be able to fold the tear strip against the end wall of the can so that it is out of his way and he is able to drink or pour the contents without interference. He will be protected from the edges of the severed score by the vertical surfaces of the coined steps so that he will not suffer injury therefrom.
  • score may be formed and coined between substantially can end is required to produce the desired result and the score may be formed in substantially the same configuration as in the first embodiment so that the tear strip cannot be removed from the can end.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of a can top formed in accordance with the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1, illustrating the can top prior to the time that a tab is fastened to the tear strip; 7
  • FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view of a portion of the can top shown in FIG. 2, as seen along a line-III-'IIl therein;
  • FIG. 4 is a partial sectional view of the can top of FIG. 2, as seen along the line IVIV therein;
  • FIG. 5 is a partial sectional view of a coining tool and can end, shown after the coining step has been completed;
  • FIG. 6 is a partial sectional view of a scoring tool and the can end, showing the score being formed therein;
  • FIG. 7 is a plan view of a first alternate embodiment of a can end formed in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 is a plan view of the can end shown in FIG. 7, illustrating a position which may be assumed by the tear strip after the score has been severed;
  • FIG. 9 is a partial sectional view of the can end of FIG. 7, taken along a line lX--IX therein;
  • FIG. 10 is a plan view of a can end such as that shown in FIG. 7, illustrating a position which may be assumed by the tear strip after the score has been severed, if the position of the score and the size of .the panel opening are suitablyadjusted;
  • FIG. 11 is a partial plan view of an alternate embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 12 is a partial sectional view of the can end of FIG. 11, as seen along a line XII-Xll therein;
  • FIG. 13 is a partial plan view of an alternate embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 14 is a partial sectional-view of the can end of FIG. 13, as seen along a line XIV-XIV therein;
  • FIG. 15 is a partial plan view of an embodiment of the present invention, which is a hybrid" of some of the other embodiments.
  • FIG. l6' is a partial sectional view of the can end of FIG. 15, as seen along a line XVI-XVI therein.
  • a can end 11 1 shown in FIG. 1, is formed having a pcripheral flange 13 by which the end may be attached to a can body (not shown).
  • a tear strip 15 is formed in the end wall 16 of the can end and a rivet 17 is formed integral therewith forattachment of a tab 19 thereto.
  • the tear strip 15 is defined along the major portion thereof tab, the tab may be lifted to sever the score and pull the tear strip away from the end wall to form a pouring spout or opening. Due to the formation of the reversing curves 23 of the score line 21, the user will not be able to tear the tear strip away from the can end due to the previously described reasons. Instead, the tab and tear strip will remain attached to the can end and when the can is discarded, the tear strip and tab will be discarded along with it.
  • FIG. 2 A similar can end has been illustrated in FIG. 2, shown prior to the time that the rivet 17 is staked over the attachment portion 25 (FIG. 1) of the tab 19. As shown in that figure, the score line 21 is'formed on a ledge 27 intermediate the end wall 16 and the tear strip 15. Relative to the end wall, ledge 27 is at approximately the same depth as the upper surface of the material 29 surrounding the unstaked rivet 17.
  • the portion 29 of the can end is of a reduced thickness due to a formation of the rivet dimple I7 and, in this particular process, the portion 29 is formed so that its upper surface is approximatelythe same level as the upper surface of the'ledge 27. Since both elements are of approximately the same thickness and at the same depth relative to the'upper surface of the end wall 16, the score line formed thereon will be continuous and the residue, i.e., the metal between the bottom of thescore line and the inner surfaceof the can end,.will be substantially equal. This will allow the can end to be scored without creating areas of weakness in the residue which might cause microscopic cracks to be formed and result in leakage of the contents or contamination.
  • the ledge 27 is formed between a pair of vertical offsets 35 and 37 in order to produce protective surfaces which will prevent a user from cutting himself on the sharp edges of the severed score.
  • the vertical offset 35 will prevent the portion of the score at the end wall panel 16 from cutting the lips of the user and the vertical offset 37 will prevent the portion of the score on the tear strip 15 from cutting his fingers or nose when he drinks from the can.
  • the width'of the ledge 27 will be approximately 0.030 inches.
  • the distance between the remaining edge of the severed score and the adjacent offsets will be approximately 0.015 inch or less. This dimension is small enough to prevent the score edges from cutting into the users skin.
  • the reduced thickness of the ledge allows a wider scoring tool to be used since the productionof a residue having a thickness within the desired range re quires substantially less penetration of the scoring tool into the material of the ledge. Comparing presently manufactured can ends with those formed in accordance with the present invention, for example, if both can ends are manufactured from stock having a thickness of 0.0135 inches, presently available can ends must be penetrated approximately percent in order to produce a score having a residue of approximately 0.004 inches. On the other hand, if the ledge 27 is coined sufficiently so that its final thickness is 0.008 inches, it must be penetrated only 50 percent by the scoring tool to produce a residue of approximately 0.004 inches. In view of the. fact that wider scoring tools are less costly to produce and have a longer tool life, this result is deemed to be highly desirable and its value is greatly increased due to the fact that the reduced penetration required of the scoring tool reduces the potential damage to the protective coating.
  • the can end wall 16 is supported by a suitable die 41 having an outer recess 43 and an inner recess 45.
  • a coining tool 47 is moved against the end wall,
  • the ledge 27 is formed between the offsets 35 and 37a.
  • a pullout panel 15a is formed between the opposite sides of, and below the level of, the ledge 27.
  • the can end is moved onto a second die structure 51 having-an outer recess 53 and an inner recess 55.
  • a scoring tool 57 and a punch 59 are moved toward the preformed can end as shownin FIG. 6 so that the scoring tool forms the line of score 21 in the ledge 27.
  • the scoring tool acts on the ledge, it performs some coining of the metal therein because the metal displaced from the area of the .score line must move away from it. If the metal flowing toward the pullout panel or tear strip 15a is not controlled, undesirable wrinkles and stresses will be created in the panel which will create, at best, an aesthetically unappealing can end and, at worst,'a can end which leaks.
  • a punch 59 acts against the panel 15a to produce a slight stretching force on the offset 37a and the panel to prevent such wrinkling from occurring. This action results in the panel 15a and the offset 37a being stretched to form the panel 15 and offset 37 as shown in FIG. 6.
  • a can end 1 1 1 having an end wall 1 13 with a score therein de fining a tear strip 117.
  • a tab 119 is suitably attached to the tear strip by means such as an integral rivet 121 which is formed as an integral part of the strip.
  • the score line 115 ends in a pair of reversing curves 123 so that the tear strip cannot be completely severed from the end wall when a consumer opens the can. Instead, the tear strip will be bent back away from a pouring spout or opening 127 formed by the removal of the tear strip.
  • the tab 119 may be pulled so as to extend beyond the periphery of the can end and cown along the side of the'can. This will cause the tear strip to be pulled substantially flat against the can end to be out of the way.
  • the suitable positioning of the reversing curves 123a of the score line 115a will allow the tear strips and tab to be tightly positioned against the upper surface of the end wall 1 13a. If the ends of the score line are properly positioned, the nose 129a on the tab, which is used as the force application point for initial rupturing of the score line, will fit tightly against the inner surface of the attachment flange 1310, by means of which the end is attached to a canv body.
  • FIG. 9 a partial cross section of a can end has been illustrated to show the alternate means for protection of the consumer when the can end is open, for the can ends shown in FIGS. 8 and 10.
  • a ridge or beam 141 is coined in the end wall 113 V to extend upwardly therefrom and a similar, smaller ridge or bead.
  • 143 is coined downwardly-into the tear strip 117 adjacent each of the major legs of the score 115.
  • the illustration is a greatly enlarged view of a portion of the can end, it will be realized that these coined ridges are closely adjacent the score so that, when the tear strip is moved back to the position of FIG. 8 or FIG. 10, each of the ridges will be so closely positioned relative to its adjacent edge of the score that the user cannot cut himself due to the very small distance which the score edge can move against his skin before the adjacent ridge prevents penetration.
  • the positioning of the ridges 141 and 143 is such that when they are coined, the material in the area of the score will be placed in compression due to the coining forces exerted and therefore will be strengthened. This 'will reduce the possibility of microscopic cracks being formed in the score residue and will also reduce the possibility of damage to the protective coating on the underside of the can when the score is formed.
  • a can end111 has been illustrated having a score line 215 formed within an end wall panel 213 to define a tear strip 217 therein.
  • a front opening tab 219 is suitably attached to the tear strip 217 by means such as an integral rivet 221.
  • the score line is formed-so as to end in a pair of reversing curves 223 which prevent a consumer from completely removing the tear strip 217 from the can end when he opens the can.
  • a ridge or curved beam 241 is formed about the outside of the score line 215 as shown in FIG. 11 and a pair of ridges 243 are coined into the tear strip adjacent the score line.
  • a sectional view of the can end 211 taken along the line A-A would be substantially identical to the sectional view shown in FIG. 9.
  • the ridges 243 in the tear strip 217 and the ridge 241 which extends about the external edge of the score line will prevent the consumer from cuttinghimself on the edges of the severed score in a manner similar to that described above.
  • a can end 311 is shown having a score line 315 which ends in reversing curves 323 which prevent a tear strip 317 from being completely removed from the can when the score line is severed by pulling on a tab 319.
  • a lever end 351 of the tab When a consumer lifts the left end of the rear opening tab 319, as shown in FIG. 14, a lever end 351 of the tab will act against an expanded section or platform 353 of a ridge 341 which extends about the outer edge of the score line 315, causing the score to be ruptured in the area about a rivet 321.
  • the expanded section 353 provides a raised platform against which the lever section 351 can act to increase the force which will be exerted on the score line by lifting the tab 319.
  • ridge 341 extends about the periphery of the score line and forms the platform at 353
  • a sectional view of the can end, as seen along the line B-B of FIG. 13 would be substantially identical to the sectional view shown in FIG. 9.
  • a can end 411 having a score line 415 formed in an end wall 413 to define a tear strip 417.
  • a ridge 441 extends about a major portion of the periphery of the score line to prevent a consumer from cutting himself against the edge of the score line in the end wall 413 when the tear strip is pulled away from the end wall.
  • the score line end in suitable reversing curves 423 which prevent the tear strip from being completely removed from the can when a consumer severs the score line.
  • the tear strip 417 is coined to a reduced level, as shown in FIG. 16, forming a vertical offset 437 which will be sufficientlyclose to the tear strip edge of the score line to prevent the edge from penetrating the skin of the user and cutting him.
  • the ridge 441 may be similar to ridge 241 in the embodiment of FIG. 11 or 341 in FIG. 13 and the tear strip 417 may, if desired, be similar to the tear strip 15 in the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the vertical differential between the upper surface of the ridge 441 and the upper surface of the tear strip panel 417 will be such that the lifting and of the tab is even more accessible to the consumer so that he can more easily open the can end.
  • a nonremovable tear strip is formed in an easy opened can end and a variety of devices have been illustrated which will serve to protect the consumer and prevent him from injuring himself on either the end wall panel or the tear strip. It will be realized, of course, that similar or identical protection devices could be usedwith can 10 ends and tear strips from which the tear strip is made completely removable by the formation of a continuous score line therein.
  • each of the disclosed embodiments provides .the further advantages of allowing easy access to the tab without requiring deformation thereof to allow the consumer to insert his fingernail or the end of his finger be-' neath the lifting end. Additionally, in several of the disclosed embodiments of the invention, the coined formations in the area of the scores sufficiently reduces the metal thickness in the scoring location to allow the manufacturer to use a wider scoring tool, having a longer tool life, without damage to the protective coating on the inner surface of the can.
  • An easy open can end comprising:
  • said penetration prevention means comprising an offset formed within said tear strip, extending substantially perpendicular to the major por-- tion thereof, and positioned immediately adjacent said score line,said penetration prevention means also comprising at least one ridge means formed immediately adjacent said score line on the opposite side thereof from said offset and extending substantially perpendicular to the surface of said end wall.
  • An easy open can end comprising: an end wall, a score line in said end wall; a tear strip defined by said score line,
  • said penetration prevention means comprising a first offset extending substantially perpendicularly from said end wall, a second offset extending substantially perpendicularly from said tear strip, and a ledge intermediate said first and second offsets and having said score line extending therealong.
  • said score line penetrates said ledge approximately 50 percent of the thickness thereof.
  • An easy open can end comprising:
  • said penetration prevention means comprising a first ridge formed in said end wall immediately adjacent to and extending along said score line, and a second ridge formed in said tear strip immediately adjacent to and extending along said score line, said first ridge extending upwardly from said end wall and away from a can body to which the can end is attached, and said second ridge extending downwardly from said tear strip and toward the can body.
  • said pulling means comprises a rear opening tab fastened to said tear strip and having a lever portion thereon, and wherein said first ridge includes I a platform section against which said lever portion may press when said tab is lifted.
  • An easy opening container wall comprising:
  • a container wall of sheet material said container wall having an outer surface
  • a line of weakness in said container wall defining'a tear portion at least partially removable from the container wall;
  • An easy opening container wall comprising:
  • a line of weakness in said container wall defining a tear portion only partially removable from the container wall, the sheet material of the container wall being rupturable along the line of weakness to partially remove the tear portion and to form an opening in the container wall;
  • said tear portion being pivotable over the outside of the container wall following rupture of the sheet material along the line of weakness to substantially invert the tear portion;
  • said tear portion having a relatively sharp edge when the tear portion is partially removed from the container wall;
  • guard means carried by said tear portion for hindering contact with said edge when said tear portion is partially removed from the container wall
  • said guard means including at least a segment of said tear portion adjacent the line of weakness and extending therealong, said segment being inwardly offset from the line of weakness prior to rupture of the sheet material along the line of weakness.
  • An easy opening container wall comprising:
  • a line of weakness in said container wall defining a tear portion only partially removable from the container wall, the sheet material of the container wall being rupturable along the line of weakness to at least partially remove the tear portion and to form an opening in the container wall;
  • said tear portion being pivotable over the outside of the container wall following rupture of the sheet material along the line of weakness to substantially invert the tear portion;
  • said tear portion having a relatively sharp edge when the tear portion is at least partially removed from the container wall;
  • the rim of the opening being relatively sharp
  • An easy opening container wall comprising:
  • a line of weakness in said container wall defining a tear portion at least partially removable from the container wall, the sheet material of the container wall being rupturable along the line of weakness to partially remove the tear portion and to form an opening in the container wall;
  • said tear portion having a relatively sharp edge when the tear portion is at least partially removed from the container wall;
  • the rim of the opening being relatively sharp
  • a region of the tear portion being offset inwardly to define a bead which extends along a substantial segment of the line of weakness closely adjacent the line of weakness to protect the user against the sharp edge of the tear portion.

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