Abstract: This relates to a conventional type metal container end having a modified end hook configuration for the purpose of eliminating undesired wrinkles within a conventional type of double seam between a metal container end and a container body. Most particularly, a customary straight section between an end curl and a cut edge of the metal container end is eliminated so that the end curl terminates at the cut edge. Additionally, the end curl is reinforced so as to stiffen the end curl by providing a reinforcement generally in the area of the normal juncture between a seaming panel and the end curl. In a preferred embodiment the reinforcement is arched primarily upwardly.

Abstract: A non-detachable tab adapted to be secured to the end panel of a container which comprises a securing lug formed from the sheet metal of the tab, the lug having an attachment to the nose portion of the lug in an area which has not been work hardened and also which has been formed to provide several axes of hinging and thereby increasing the number of times that the tab can be hinged back and forth without breaking off.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a manifold for use in conjunction with a reciprocating die set for controlling air pressure within a sealed die which is closed by a formed shell so as to make certain that the shell remains with the sealed die as it is retracted relative to a die center, the manifold providing for a predetermined vacuum within the sealed die, which vacuum being sufficient to assure retraction of the formed shell with the sealed die but at the same time being maintained sufficiently low so as to prevent damage to the shell during the ejection thereof from the sealed die.