IP Library Granted Patent US 8,740,001
Granted Patent B2
US 8,740,001 · App. 12/874,465 · Granted Jun 3, 2014

Bottle can member, bottle, and thread forming device

Inventors: Tatsuya Hanafusa (Gotenba, JP); Ryoichi Ito (Gotenba, JP); Masahiro Hosoi (Gotenba, JP); Naoki Tasaka (Susono, JP)
Assignee: Universal Can Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,740,001
App. No.
12/874,465
Granted
Jun 3, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An effective thread number in the thread section which is disposed on the mouth section of the bottle is formed to be 2.2. That is, the thread section is formed such that the thread section 13 should serve effectively in the mouth section such that an interval between a start position and an end position should be 2.0 to 2.5. In the bottle can member 11 which has such a thread section, an outer diameter of the thread section which is formed on the mouth section is 28 to 38 mm. Also, the thickness of the mouth section is 0.25 to 0.4 mm. The thread section which has the effective thread number 2.0 to 2.5 is formed by eight-thread per inch pitch. By doing this, it is possible to put the cap desirably.

Claims (41)

1. A bottle can member which is made of metal in a cylindrical shape, comprising:

a bottom section; a mouth section connected to the bottom section;

a thread section located on the mouth section; and

a curl section next to the thread section on the mouth section, said curl section including an outermost diameter section; and wherein

an outer diameter of the thread section is 28 to 38 mm;

a thickness of the thread section is 0.25 to 0.4 mm;

a height “h” from a starting point of the thread in the thread section to an upper end surface of the mouth section is set to be in a range of 3.6≦h≦4.68 mm; and

an outer surface of the outermost diameter section of said curl section defines a uniform and outermost diameter of the curl section with reference to a central axis of the bottle can member.

2. The bottle can member according to claim 1 wherein the thread section has a thread pitch of 8 threads per an inch.

3. The bottle can member according to claim 1 further comprising:

a slant section located at the curl section,

wherein an angle θ of the slant section is set to be in a range of 33°≦θ≦55°.

4. The bottle according to claim 1 further including a cap adapted to be placed on the mouth section of the bottle can member.

5. A bottle can member which is made of metal in a cylindrical shape comprising:

a bottom section;

a mouth section connected to the bottom section; a thread section located on the mouth section; and

a curl section next to the thread section on the mouth section, said curl section including an outermost diameter section; and wherein

an outer diameter of the thread section is 28 to 38 mm;

a thickness of the thread section is 0.25 to 0.4 mm;

an outer surface of the outermost diameter section defines a uniform and outermost diameter of the curl section with reference to a central axis of the bottle can member;

a tangent plane along the outer surface of the outermost diameter section is substantially parallel to the central axis of the bottle can member; and

a height of a first thread in the thread section is set to be lower than a height of a second thread in the thread section.

6. The bottle can member according to claim 5 wherein the height of the first thread in the first thread section is not set to be lower than the height of the second thread in an area which overlaps a plurality of stages and an incomplete thread section in a thread end section.

7. The bottle comprising the bottle can member according to claim 5 and a cap adapted to be placed on the mouth section of the bottle can member.

8. A bottle can member which is made of metal in a cylindrical shape comprising:

a bottom section;

a mouth section connected to the bottom section;

a thread section located on the mouth section; and

a curl section including an outermost diameter section; and wherein

an outer diameter of the thread section is 38 mm;

a thickness of the thread section is 0.25 to 0.4 mm;

a height “h” from a starting point of the thread in the thread section to an upper end surface of the mouth section is set to be in a range of 3.6≦h≦5.6 mm; and

an outer surface of the outermost diameter section defines a uniform and outermost diameter of the curl section with reference to a central axis of the bottle can member.

9. A DI can member which is made of metal in a cylindrical shape comprising:

a bottom section;

a mouth section connected to the bottom section; and

a thread section located on the mouth section; wherein

an outer diameter of the thread section is 28 to 38 mm;

a thickness of the thread section is 0.25 to 0.4 mm; and

a height of a first thread in the thread section is set to be lower than a height of another thread.

10. The DI can member according to claim 9 wherein a height of a first thread in the thread section is set to be lower than a height of another thread by approximately 0.1 mm.

Priority Claims (4)
JP 2001-401686 · Dec 28, 2001 · national
JP 2002-193465 · Jul 2, 2002 · national
JP 2002-197799 · Jul 5, 2002 · national
JP 2002-233917 · Aug 9, 2002 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 10500344
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