Can, Panel for a Can and a Method for Making Such a Panel for Can
The invention relates to a can, comprising a body provided with a panel and a tab connected to the panel, which tab has a front tab part and a rear tab part for gripping and tilting and forming with the tab front part an opening in the panel along a panel score line, wherein the tab is in a tilted position due to a deformation of a tab-panel connection, to a panel and to a method of making the panel and/or can.
1 . A can, comprising a body provided with a panel and a tab connected to the panel, which tab has a front tab part and a rear tab part for gripping and tilting and forming with the tab front part an opening in the panel along a panel score line, wherein the tab is in a tilted position due to a deformation of a tab-panel connection.
2 . The can according to claim 1 , wherein the deformation is in the tab part of the tab-panel connection.
3 . The can according to claim 1 , wherein the deformation is in the panel part of the tab-panel connection.
4 . The can according to claim 1 , wherein the tab is connected to the panel via a structural connecting element, and the deformation is in the structural connecting element.
5 . The can according to claim 1 , wherein the structural connecting element is an integral part of the panel.
6 . The can according to claim 1 , wherein the structural connecting element is a separate structural connecting element.
7 . The can according to claim 1 , wherein the tab rear part resides within the can confinement.
8 . The can according to claim 1 , wherein the tab rear part resides above a depressed panel part.
9 . The can according to claim 1 , wherein the deformation comprises an at least partially plastic deformation.
10 . A panel for a can, as defined in claim 1 .
11 . A method for making a panel comprising:
i) connecting a tab to the panel; and
ii) tilting the tab thereby deforming a tab-panel connection, such that the tab remains in the tilted position.
12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the tilting step ii) is carried out by at least one of hooking, levering, and helix spinning.
13 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the tilting step ii) is carried out by glue pulling or magnetic pulling.
14 . A panel obtainable by the method according to claim 11 .
15 . The can according to claim 1 , wherein the structural element is a rivet.
16 . A method for making a can, comprising:
i) connecting a tab to a panel; and
ii) tilting the tab thereby deforming a tab-panel connection, such that the tab remains in the tilted position.
17 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein the tilting step ii) is carried out by at least one of hooking, levering, and helix spinning.
18 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein the tilting step ii) is carried out by glue pulling or magnetic pulling.
19 . A can obtainable by the method according to claim 16 .