(19)
(11) EP 0 031 254 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
13.01.1982 Bulletin 1982/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
01.07.1981 Bulletin 1981/26

(21) Application number: 80304647

(22) Date of filing: 19.12.1980
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE DE FR GB IT NL SE

(30) Priority: 21.12.1979 US 106055

(71) Applicant: THE CONTINENTAL GROUP, INC.
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(72) Inventor:
  • Roth, Donald J.
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(54) Method of forming metal cans


(57) This relates to a method of forming metal cans wherein wo generally cup-shaped halves have their open ends united o form such cans. This particularly relates to the forming of can components at a central facility where the can components are formed in great numbers and are then shipped to a place of use. This particularly relatestothe forming of tapered can components which are readily nested for stacking, wrapped, and then shipped to a satellite facility where the tapered :an components are reshaped to have cylindrical bodies and domed ends and wherein the domed cup-shaped can halves are then assembled by way of a pressure tight seam between :he can halves.






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