Reclosable metal beverage can
First Claim
1. A reclosable metal beverage can made from a thin gauge metal, comprising a sidewall, a bottom wall, a converging shoulder portion extending upwardly and inwardly from said sidewall, a neck on top of said shoulder portion, said neck having a top edge portion turned downwardly to form a flange with a lower edge providing an abutment, and a threaded plastic sleeve mounted within or around said neck, said sleeve comprising an open-ended tubular member having an annular ledge projecting laterally from a mid-region of the tubular member, with at least a portion of the outer face comprising a threaded portion adapted to receive an internally threaded closure cap and the portion of the tubular member below the projecting ledge having a plurality of axially spaced annular gripping ribs which securely engage a face of the can neck.
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Abstract
A thin wall metal beverage can is described having a converging shoulder portion merging into a neck portion, the top edge of which is folded to form a flange providing an annular abutment and with a threaded sleeve sliding into the neck portion, the sleeve having an annular rib or catch which snaps over the flange abutment holding the sleeve and can neck portion against relative axial movement.
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18 Claims
- 1. A reclosable metal beverage can made from a thin gauge metal, comprising a sidewall, a bottom wall, a converging shoulder portion extending upwardly and inwardly from said sidewall, a neck on top of said shoulder portion, said neck having a top edge portion turned downwardly to form a flange with a lower edge providing an abutment, and a threaded plastic sleeve mounted within or around said neck, said sleeve comprising an open-ended tubular member having an annular ledge projecting laterally from a mid-region of the tubular member, with at least a portion of the outer face comprising a threaded portion adapted to receive an internally threaded closure cap and the portion of the tubular member below the projecting ledge having a plurality of axially spaced annular gripping ribs which securely engage a face of the can neck.
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17. A reclosable metal beverage can made from a thin gauge metal, comprising a sidewall, a bottom wall, a converging shoulder portion extending upwardly and inwardly from said sidewall, a neck extending upwardly from the top of said shoulder portion, said neck having a top edge portion turned outwardly and downwardly to form a flange with a lower edge providing an abutment, and a threaded plastic sleeve mounted in said neck, said sleeve comprising an open-ended tubular member having an annular ledge projecting outwardly from a mid-region of its face, with the outer face above the projecting ledge comprising a threaded portion adapted to receive an internally threaded closure cap and the outer face below the projecting ledge having a plurality of axially spaced annular gripping ribs which securely engage the inner face of the can neck, said projecting ledge having a downwardly projecting lip which extends downwardly and in engagement with the outer face of the can neck, and said lip having an inwardly directed catch which engages said flange abutment to hold the sleeve against axial movement relative to the can neck.
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18. A reclosable metal beverage can made from a thin gauge metal, comprising a sidewall, a bottom wall, a converging shoulder portion extending inwardly from said sidewall, said shoulder having a top edge portion turned downwardly to form a flange with a lower edge providing an abutment, and a threaded plastic sleeve mounted within said flange, said sleeve comprising an open-ended tubular member having an annular ledge projecting laterally from a mid-region of the tubular member, with at least a portion of the outer face comprising a threaded portion adapted to receive an internally threaded closure cap and the portion of the tubular member below the projecting ledge having a plurality of axially spaced annular gripping ribs which securely engage a face of the said flange.
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