IP Library Granted Patent US 11,858,683
Granted Patent B2
US 11,858,683 · App. 17/295,037 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Reclosable lid of a beverage can

Inventors: Tomasz Latos (Cracow, PL); Leszek Wierzchowski (Cracow, PL)
Assignee: CANPACK S.A.
B65D17/4014B65D2517/0014B65D2517/0041
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Patent No.
US 11,858,683
App. No.
17/295,037
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reclosable metal lid of a beverage can comprising a centre panel in which scorelines are made, allowing to tear out an aperture, a circumferential panel connecting the centre panel with the neck of the can, and a pull-tab attached by a rivet, and a collar for connecting the lid with the can body, equipped with a closing rotatable panel rotating around the rivet axis is, wherein the centre panel ( 4 ) is above the circumferential panel ( 3 ) and has in the connection spot with the circumferential panel ( 3 ) an additional embossing forming a guide-rail, and the rotatable panel ( 5 ) is mounted on the lid on this guide-rail, while the pull tab ( 7 ) is affixed to the rotatable panel ( 5 ) by the rivet ( 6 ), wherein the size of the rotatable panel ( 5 ) corresponds to the size of the centre panel ( 4 ), and the rotatable panel ( 5 ) comprises an aperture which corresponds to a drinking opening of the lid.

Claims (11)

1. A reclosable metal lid of a beverage can body comprising: a centre panel in which scorelines are made, allowing to tear out an aperture,

a circumferential panel, and

a pull-tab attached by a rivet, and

a collar for connecting the lid with the can body, equipped with

a closing rotatable panel rotating around the rivet axis, wherein the centre panel ( 4 ) is above the circumferential panel ( 3 ) and has in the connection spot with the circumferential panel ( 3 ) an additional embossing forming a guide-rail,

wherein a radius (R 1 ) of curvature of a surface in a connection spot of the centre panel ( 4 ) and the circumferential panel ( 3 ) is from 0.5 mm to 10 mm and the rotatable panel ( 5 ) is mounted on the lid on this guide-rail, while the pull tab ( 7 ) is affixed to the rotatable panel ( 5 ) by the rivet ( 6 ), wherein the size of the rotatable panel ( 5 ) corresponds to the size of the centre panel ( 4 ), and moreover an aperture is in the rotatable panel ( 5 ), and the rotatable panel ( 5 ) has an aperture corresponding to the size of the scoreline for tearing out the aperture ( 9 ) in the centre panel ( 4 ), and wherein the scoreline for tearing out the aperture ( 9 ) enables tearing out the aperture covering surface from 10% to 50% of the centre panel ( 4 ) surface.

2. The lid according to claim 1 , wherein the centre panel ( 4 ) has a bead ( 8 ).

3. The lid according to claim 1 , wherein the rivet ( 6 ) is attached both to the rotatable panel ( 5 ), and to the centre panel ( 4 ).

4. The lid according to claim 1 , wherein the scoreline for tearing out the aperture ( 6 ) enables tearing out the aperture covering surface not smaller than 25% of the centre panel ( 4 ) surface.

5. The lid according to claim 1 , a radius (R 2 ) of the rotatable panel ( 5 ) is from 0.55 mm to 11 mm.

6. The lid according to claim 5 , wherein a diameter (D 1 ) of the rotatable panel ( 5 ) is from 35 mm to 85 mm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2023
From: LATOS, TOMASZ
To: CANPACK S.A.
Reel/Frame 065675/0619 →
Priority Claims (1)
PL 427746 · Nov 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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