EP0005025A3 - Lightweight metal container - Google Patents

Lightweight metal container Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0005025A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: metal container; lightweight metal; lightweight; container; metal
Prior art date: 1978-04-26
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP79300591A

Other versions

EP0005025A2 (en

EP0005025B1 (en

Inventor

David Allen Straw

Edward C. Miller

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Ball Corp

Original Assignee

Ball Corp

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

1978-04-26

Filing date

1979-04-10

Publication date

1979-11-14

1979-04-10 Application filed by Ball Corp filed Critical Ball Corp

1979-10-31 Publication of EP0005025A2 publication Critical patent/EP0005025A2/en

1979-11-14 Publication of EP0005025A3 publication Critical patent/EP0005025A3/en

1983-10-19 Application granted granted Critical

1983-10-19 Publication of EP0005025B1 publication Critical patent/EP0005025B1/en

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

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239000002184 metal Substances 0.000 title 1

Classifications

- 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
- B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
- B65D1/12—Cans, casks, barrels, or drums
- B65D1/14—Cans, casks, barrels, or drums characterised by shape
- B65D1/16—Cans, casks, barrels, or drums characterised by shape of curved cross-section, e.g. cylindrical
- B65D1/165—Cylindrical cans

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Ceramic Engineering (AREA)
Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
Containers Having Bodies Formed In One Piece (AREA)
Rigid Containers With Two Or More Constituent Elements (AREA)

EP19790300591 1978-04-26 1979-04-10 Lightweight metal container Expired EP0005025B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date
US90044178A	1978-04-26	1978-04-26
US900441		1978-04-26
US96249378A	1978-11-20	1978-11-20
US962493		1978-11-20

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0005025A2 EP0005025A2 (en)	1979-10-31
EP0005025A3 true EP0005025A3 (en)	1979-11-14
EP0005025B1 EP0005025B1 (en)	1983-10-19

Family

ID=27129262

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP19790300591 Expired EP0005025B1 (en)	1978-04-26	1979-04-10	Lightweight metal container

Country Status (5)

Country	Link
EP (1)	EP0005025B1 (en)
AU (1)	AU525803B2 (en)
CA (1)	CA1096789A (en)
DE (1)	DE2966324D1 (en)
MX (1)	MX149013A (en)

Families Citing this family (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US4515284A (en) *	1980-08-21	1985-05-07	Reynolds Metals Company	Can body bottom configuration
US4485663A (en) *	1981-02-13	1984-12-04	American Can Company	Tool for making container
US4465199A (en) *	1981-06-22	1984-08-14	Katashi Aoki	Pressure resisting plastic bottle
GB2114031B (en) *	1982-02-02	1985-10-09	Metal Box Plc	Method of forming containers
CA2038817C (en) *	1990-04-06	1997-04-22	Gary Arthur Baldwin	Beverage container with improved drop resistance
SE508716C2 (en) *	1996-01-15	1998-11-02	Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance	The bottom of a package with internal overpressure
WO2013168050A1 (en) *	2012-05-08	2013-11-14	Nestec S.A.	Containers having improved load-bearing capacity
CN113247403B (en) *	2021-05-12	2024-05-14	杭州中粮包装有限公司	Bottom structure of extrusion molding metal bottle and optimization method

Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US3693828A (en) *	1970-07-22	1972-09-26	Crown Cork & Seal Co	Seamless steel containers
US3730383A (en) *	1971-07-29	1973-05-01	Aluminum Co Of America	Container body and a method of forming the same
US3942673A (en) *	1974-05-10	1976-03-09	National Can Corporation	Wall construction for containers
US3998174A (en) *	1975-08-07	1976-12-21	National Steel Corporation	Light-weight, high-strength, drawn and ironed, flat rolled steel container body method of manufacture

1979
- 1979-04-10 DE DE7979300591T patent/DE2966324D1/en not_active Expired
- 1979-04-10 EP EP19790300591 patent/EP0005025B1/en not_active Expired
- 1979-04-24 CA CA326,237A patent/CA1096789A/en not_active Expired
- 1979-04-24 AU AU46332/79A patent/AU525803B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1979-04-26 MX MX17745679A patent/MX149013A/en unknown

Patent Citations (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number	Priority date	Publication date	Assignee	Title
US3693828A (en) *	1970-07-22	1972-09-26	Crown Cork & Seal Co	Seamless steel containers
US3730383A (en) *	1971-07-29	1973-05-01	Aluminum Co Of America	Container body and a method of forming the same
US3942673A (en) *	1974-05-10	1976-03-09	National Can Corporation	Wall construction for containers
US3998174A (en) *	1975-08-07	1976-12-21	National Steel Corporation	Light-weight, high-strength, drawn and ironed, flat rolled steel container body method of manufacture

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
EP0005025A2 (en)	1979-10-31
AU4633279A (en)	1979-11-01
DE2966324D1 (en)	1983-11-24
AU525803B2 (en)	1982-12-02
CA1096789A (en)	1981-03-03
MX149013A (en)	1983-08-08
EP0005025B1 (en)	1983-10-19

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1979-09-04	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
1979-09-10	PUAL	Search report despatched	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009013
1979-10-31	AK	Designated contracting states	Designated state(s): BE CH DE FR GB IT LU NL SE
1979-11-14	AK	Designated contracting states	Designated state(s): BE CH DE FR GB IT LU NL SE
1980-06-11	17P	Request for examination filed
1983-06-07	ITF	It: translation for a ep patent filed
1983-08-20	GRAA	(expected) grant	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210
1983-10-19	AK	Designated contracting states	Designated state(s): BE CH DE FR GB IT LU NL SE
1983-11-24	REF	Corresponds to:	Ref document number: 2966324 Country of ref document: DE Date of ref document: 19831124
1984-01-06	ET	Fr: translation filed
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