Patents Assigned to Container Development Limited
  • Patent number: 9771177
    Abstract: A drawn aluminum can shell has a peripheral crown which is double-seamed with an end portion of an aluminum can body to provide a can end having a generally flat center panel connected by an inclined curved or straight panel wall to an inner wall of an annular U-shaped countersink. The countersink has an outer wall which connects with a lower wall portion of a chuck wall, and the chuck wall has an upper wall portion which connects with an inner wall of the crown. The chuck wall also has an intermediate wall portion forming a break, and the inner bottom width of the countersink is less than the radial width of the panel wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignees: Container Development Limited, Ball Corporation
    Inventors: R. Peter Stodd, Jess N. Bathurst