Abstract: A method is described for continuously producing a smooth, high gloss coating on a paper container comprising the steps of applying a substantially uniform coating of melted wax material to the outside surface of the container or sheet stock, maintaining the temperature of the wax coating above its melting point and above its congealing temperature, imparting a constant surface velocity to the outside surface of the container or sheet stock and applying a substantially uniform film of liquid coolant, particularly water, to the outside surface of the container or sheet stock whereby the surface velocity of the coolant is substantially equal to the surface velocity of the container or sheet stock.

Abstract: A method is described for continuously producing a smooth, high gloss coating on a paper container comprising the steps of applying a substantially uniform coating of melted wax material to the outside surface of the container or sheet stock, maintaining the temperature of the wax coating above its melting point and above its congealing temperature, imparting a constant surface velocity to the outside surface of the container or sheet stock and applying a substantially uniform film of liquid coolant, particularly water, to the outside surface of the container or sheet stock whereby the surface velocity of the coolant is substantially equal to the surface velocity of the container or sheet stock.

Abstract: A beverage container lid includes a foldable flap which may be opened to allow a user to drink from a beverage container which is covered by said lid. A recess in the beverage container lid is provided to receive the opened flap and to firmly secure the flap in its open position. The recess includes a pair of detents on either side and an overhang at one end which cooperate to hold the flap firmly within the recess.

Abstract: A nestable can and method of manufacture is described wherein a blank cut from sheet metal stock is drawn into a tapered die with a tapered drawhorn to form a first stage cup having a bottom, a tapered cylindrical sidewall and a peripheral flange. Care is taken to avoid coining of the sidewall in the first stage of manufacture. The partially formed can is then reformed by expanding the sidewall while maintaining its taper, thereby removing wrinkles and forming a second stage cup having smooth interior and exterior sidewall surfaces.The nestable quality of the cup is dependent upon a novel profile created while reforming the first stage cup. In that operation the upper end of the cup is reshaped to form an upper rim that is offset from a tapered sidewall and having convex contact surfaces that support one cup within another. The location of the contact surfaces is such that adjacent sidewalls of two nested cups are spaced apart by at least 0.0015 inch, the peripheral rims being vertically spaced by at least 0.