US3442416A - Container having lip protecting means - Google Patents

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US3442416A
US3442416A US646815A US3442416DA US3442416A US 3442416 A US3442416 A US 3442416A US 646815 A US646815 A US 646815A US 3442416D A US3442416D A US 3442416DA US 3442416 A US3442416 A US 3442416A
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    • 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
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S220/00—Receptacles
    • Y10S220/906—Beverage can, i.e. beer, soda

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  • This invention relates in general to new and useful improvements in containers, and more particularly to a novel container of the easy-opening type.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a novel container having a tear strip defined by a score line terminating at hinge means, the tear strip including a starting end portion remote from the hinge means and a terminal end portion adjacent thereto, a pull tab secured to the tear strip starting end portion, and means underlyingly sec-ured to at least the terminal end portion and projecting laterally beyond the score line thereof for covering the exposed raw edge of the tear strip terminal end portion in the open position thereof.
  • a further object of this invention is to provide a novel container of the type heretofore set forth wherein the length of the covering means as measured along a longitudinal center line of the tear strip is at least substantially equal to the radial distance between the hinge means and the periphery of the container, and the starting and terminal end portions of the tear strip are disposed at diametrically opposite sides of the container end.
  • FIGURE 1 is a top plan view of an easy opening container constructed in accordance with this invention.
  • FIGURE 2 is a fragmentary top plan view of the container of FIGURE 1, and illustrates the tear strip in its open position and means covering raw edges of the tear strip formed by the rupture of the score line.
  • FIGURE 3 is a highly enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken generally along line 3-3 of FIGURE 1, and more clearly illustrates the covering means in the normal closed position of the tear strip.
  • FIGURE 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view taken generally along line 4-4 of FIGURE 2, and more clearly illustrates the maner in which the raw edge of the tear strip is covered in the open position of the container.
  • FIGURE 5 is a fragmentary top perspective view of another container constructed in accordance with this invention, and illustrates means carried by the starting end portion of a tear strip for locking beneath a seam of the container.
  • FIGURE 6 is a fragmentary sectional view taken generally along a line corresponding to the line 4 4 of FIGURE 2, and illustrates the tear strip and its associated pull tab locked to the double seam generally outboard of the periphery of the container.
  • the container or can 10 includes a conventional can body 13 to which an end 11 is secured by a conventional double seam 12.
  • the can end 11 has an end panel 14 of which the central portion thereof is in the form of a tear strip 15.
  • the tear strip 15 is delined by a score line 16 having curled ends 17, 18, terminating adjacent hinge means or a zone of hinging, generally designated ⁇ by the numeral 20.
  • the tear strip 15 includes a starting end portion 21 remote from the hinge means 20 and a terminal end portion 22 adjacent the hinge means 20.
  • the starting end portion 21 of the tear strip 15 is also disposed to one side of the container axis while the terminal end portion 22 is disposed diametrically opposite the end portion 21 and generally to an opposite diametrical side of the container axis.
  • the starting end portion 21 is provided with a pull tab which is generally referred to by the numeral 23.
  • the pull tab 23 is formed from a single piece of sheet material and includes a connecting end portion 24 joined to the starting end portion 21 of the tear Strip 15 by in integral upset rivet 2S.
  • An opposite end portion 26 of the pull tab 23 is formed of a ring-like configuration to facilitate grasping and pulling the pull tab to rupture the score line 16 incident to the removal of the tear strip 15.
  • a generally U-shaped slit 27 permits the pull tab 23 to be initially pivoted in the direction of the unnumbered headed arrow in FIGURE 3 incident to the rupture of the score line 16.
  • Means generally designated by the reference numeral 30 is secured to the terminal end portion 22 of the tear strip 15 in the normal or closed position thereof, as is best illustrated in FIGURES 1 and 3 of the drawing.
  • the closing means 30 is a separate piece of plastic or similar soft, resilient material bonded or otherwise secured to the undersurface of the terminal end portion 22.
  • the covering 30 is illustrated as being of a generally rectangular configuration having edges 31 through 34. The edges 32, 33 are disposed laterally outboard of the adjacent portions of the score line 16 while the edges 31, 33 are positioned respectively adjacent the hinge zone 20 and the axis of the end panel 11 and the container body 13.
  • the length of the covering 30 as measured along the longitudinal center line of the tear strip 15 is at least and slightly greater than the distance between the hinge means 20 and the periphery of the container body 10 defined by the double seam 12 for a purpose to be described immediately hereafter.
  • the pull tab 23 is pulled down along the exterior of the container body 13 which disposes the starting end portion 21 of the tear strip 15 in this same position.
  • the covering 30 and particularly tbe edges 32, 34 thereof which rebound after passing through the opening 0 ⁇ completely cover the raw edges of the terminal end portion 22, thereby preventing these edges from cutting the hands or face of a person opening or thereafter using the container 10 as intended.
  • the length of the covering 30 is at least as great as the radial distance between the hinge means 20 and the exterior of the double seam 12, and preferably equal to the slightly greater distance between the hinge means and the top of the double seam which is in effect the hypotenuse of the terminal end portion 22 in the fully open position shown in FIGURE 4. This assures that the edge portion 33 projects beyond the double seam 12 thereby completely overlyingly covering the raw edges of the terminal edge portion 42 as well as a forwardmost raw edge portion 35 of the starting end portion 21.
  • FIGURES and 6 of the drawing another container, generally designated by the reference numeral 40 is shown and corresponds substantially identically to the container 10.
  • the container 40 includes additional covering means, generally designated by the numeral 42.
  • the covering means or covering 42 is of a generally semicircular configuration and is positioned adjacent a starting end portion 43 of a tear strip 44 defined by a score line 45.
  • the covering 42 includes a straight edge portion 46 and an arcuate edge portion 47 outboard of the leftmost score portion of the score line 45, as viewed in FIGURE 5 of the drawing.
  • the purpose of the covering 42 is to overlie or cover the raw edge formed by the rupture of the score line 45 adjacent the starting end portion 43 upon the removal thereof from the plane of the container end panel and the disposition of the starting end portion to the position illustrated in FIGURE 6. Due to the positioning of the arcuate edge portion 47 outboard of its associated raw edge the latter raw edge as well as a medial portion 48 is completely protected or covered and a user of the container 40 can grasp the same about the circumference thereof without becoming cut upon any raw edge of the removed tear strip 44. It should be noted that the covering or covering means 41, 42 substantially entirely cover the entire exposed raw edge of the tear strip 44, as is readily apparent from FIGURE 6 of the drawing.
  • the tear strip 44 is additionally provided with an inwardly directed dimple or protrusion 50 which is positioned at a predetermined point on the tear strip 44 to interlock beneath the double seam (unnumbered) of the container, thus securing the pull tab (unnumbered) in the position illustrated in FIGURE 6 of the drawing.
  • an inwardly directed dimple or protrusion 50 which is positioned at a predetermined point on the tear strip 44 to interlock beneath the double seam (unnumbered) of the container, thus securing the pull tab (unnumbered) in the position illustrated in FIGURE 6 of the drawing.
  • Each of the containers 10, 40 may, if desired, be provided with lip-protecting means in the form of upwardly offset beads adjacent the starting end portions 21, 43, respectively, of the associated tear strips, such as the beads 52, 53 of the end panel 1.1.
  • the containers 10, 40 have been illustrated as including covering means 30, 41 which cover the raw edges of the terminal end portions of the associated tear strips, it is to be understood that the coverings can be extended or constructed to entirely cover the associated tear strips 15, 44. However, such construction is undesirable from the standpoint of employing additional covering material and in lieu thereof the construction illustrated in FIGURE 5 of the drawing is preferred.
  • a container comprising a container body having a normally closed end, score line means defining a tear strip in said container end having a starting end portion and a terminal end portion, said tear strip terminal end portion being permanently attached to the remainder of said container end and adapted for hinging movement to an open position above said end upon the rupture of said score line means thereby forming an exposed raw edge of the tear strip, a pull tab secured to said tear strip starting end portion, means underlying secured to at least said terminal end portion and projecting laterally beyond the score line means thereof for covering the exposed raw edge of said tear strip terminal end portion in said open position thereby preventing contusions which might otherwise occur to a user in the absence of said covering means, said score line means terminates at hinge means for the hinging movement of said terminal end portion to said open position, and the length of said covering means as measured along a longitudinal centerline of the tear strip is substantially equal to the radial distance between said hinge means and the periphery of said container body whereby said covering means completely covers the exposed raw edge of said terminal end portion in the open position thereof
  • a container end of the easy-opening type having a tear strip having a starting end portion and a terminal end portion, said tear strip terminal end portion being permanently attached to the remainder of the container end, said tear strip being adapted for hinging movement to an open position above said end panel upon the rupture of said score line thereby forming an exposed raw edge of the tear strip
  • the improvement comprising disposing said starting and terminal end portions at diametrically opposite sides of the central axis of the container end, means underlying at least said terminal end portion and projecting laterally beyond the score line for covering the exposed raw edge of said tear strip terminal end portion in said open position thereby preventing contusions which might otherwise occur to a user of a container carrying the container end in the absence of said covering means, said score line terminating at hinge means for the hinging movement of said tear strip to said open position, and the length of said covering means as measured along a longitudinal center line of the tear strip is substantially equal to the radial distance between said hinge means and the periphery of said container end whereby said covering means completely cover the exposed
  • the container as defined in claim 1 including a pair of npstanding beads formed from the material of said end to either side of an open portion defined upon the rupturing of the tear strip starting end portion.

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US3757989A (en) * 1970-12-31 1973-09-11 Fraze Ermal C Can end with inseparable tear strip
US3795341A (en) * 1972-07-13 1974-03-05 Continental Can Co Easy opening container
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US3734338A (en) * 1971-05-13 1973-05-22 Fraze Ermal C Can end with nondetachable tab
US3730380A (en) * 1972-01-17 1973-05-01 Fraze Ermal C Can end with inseparable tear strip and latch means for holding tear strip against can wall
US3813000A (en) * 1972-04-24 1974-05-28 R Underwood Can end construction
US3795341A (en) * 1972-07-13 1974-03-05 Continental Can Co Easy opening container
US3991901A (en) * 1973-04-26 1976-11-16 Walter Merton Perry Container opening segment with attachment
US3847300A (en) * 1973-07-16 1974-11-12 Peska L Ass Inc Non detachable pull top can
US3970212A (en) * 1974-06-10 1976-07-20 Ermal C. Fraze Easy opening ecology end with retained tear strips
US4322015A (en) * 1975-01-08 1982-03-30 Bailey John A Container lid
FR2394456A1 (fr) * 1977-06-17 1979-01-12 Sauter Blechverpackung Recipient avec couvercle a dechirer
US4094435A (en) * 1977-10-21 1978-06-13 Clyde Kennedy Pull tab beverage can opener
DE2851296A1 (de) * 1977-11-29 1979-05-31 Alusuisse Verschlussystem fuer behaelter insbesondere fuer einwegbehaelter aus halbstarrem material, bestehend aus mindestens zwei miteinander verbundenen schalen
US4189060A (en) * 1978-10-05 1980-02-19 Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company Retention means for container closure assembly
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US4491236A (en) * 1981-06-29 1985-01-01 Kiyoshi Kawamata Can end having integral opening means
USD289017S (en) 1983-07-18 1987-03-31 The Stolle Corporation Pull tab
US5090584A (en) * 1991-02-27 1992-02-25 Scott Paper Company Multi-function cup lid
US5145086A (en) * 1991-05-17 1992-09-08 Krause Arthur A Captive tear tab with protective means for container opening
US5411159A (en) * 1993-04-29 1995-05-02 Fan; Kuo-Wei Easily openable can with foldably concealed tab
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US20080217346A1 (en) * 2007-03-06 2008-09-11 Dixie Consumer Products Llc Filled polystyrene tear back container lids
US7845514B2 (en) * 2007-03-06 2010-12-07 Dixie Consumer Products Llc Filled polystyrene tear back container lids
US20080245792A1 (en) * 2007-04-03 2008-10-09 Shin-Jai Chou Beverage cup lid with a pull back type sipping hole
US7784641B2 (en) * 2007-04-03 2010-08-31 Shin-Jai Chou Beverage cup lid with a pull back type sipping hole closure
US10017295B2 (en) 2010-08-06 2018-07-10 Ball Corporation Container end closure with optional secondary vent opening
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US10358257B2 (en) 2014-07-30 2019-07-23 Ball Corporation Vented container end closure
US9714115B2 (en) 2014-07-30 2017-07-25 Ball Corporation Vented container end closure
US10981694B2 (en) 2014-07-30 2021-04-20 Ball Corporation Vented container end closure
WO2018193053A3 (en) * 2017-04-20 2018-12-13 Pavlatos Dionysios Liquid product packaging caps
US20240262573A1 (en) * 2023-02-03 2024-08-08 Sbh, Inc. Resealable beverage can lid having a spout
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