Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for expanding the diameter of a metal container
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Application No.: US13722409Application Date: 2012-12-20
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Publication No.: US09700929B2Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Anthony J. Fedusa , Gary L. Myers , Gary L. Hunker , Robert E. Dick
- Applicant: ALCOA INC.
- Applicant Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Assignee: Alcoa USA Corp.
- Current Assignee: Alcoa USA Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Pittsburgh
- Agency: Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Main IPC: B21D51/26
- IPC: B21D51/26

Abstract:
A method of forming a metal container comprises: curling outward a top edge of the metal container to form a curl and expanding a diameter of a first section of the metal container to form a first expanded section; wherein at least part of the first expanded section is below the curl. In some embodiments, the steps of curling outward a top edge of the metal container to form a curl and expanding a diameter of a first section of the metal container to form a first expanded section are performed in a single stroke of a single die. In some embodiments, the step of expanding a diameter of a first section of the metal container to form an expanded section is performed after the step of curling outward a top edge of the metal container to form a curl.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130160517A1 METHOD FOR EXPANDING THE DIAMETER OF A METAL CONTAINER Public/Granted day:2013-06-27
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