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(11) EP 0 116 473 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
30.07.1986 Bulletin 1986/31

(43) Date of publication A2:
22.08.1984 Bulletin 1984/34

(21) Application number: 84300860

(22) Date of filing: 10.02.1984
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 10.02.1983 US 465416
11.01.1984 US 569888

(71) Applicant: CONTINENTAL CAN COMPANY, INC.
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(72) Inventors:
  • Roth, Donald J.
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  • Kubis, Charles S.
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  • Walter, John
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  • Mohr, Glenn R.
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(54) Heating system for and method of finally bonding container end unit to body


(57) This relates to a system for reheating adhesive bonding an end unit to a can body under controlled conditions and then further telescoping the end unit relative to the can body to assure proper adhesive flow relative to the can body. An end unit has been previously applied to a can body and is bonded thereto by a hot melt adhesive which has partially set. The end unit is not in its fully telescoped position. The adhesive is reheated to a temperature wherein the adhesive has the desired fluidity, after which the adhesive is maintained at this temperature and the end unit is moved to its fully telescoped position with a bead of the adhesive flowing over and encapsulating the raw edge of the can body. This abstract forms no part of the specification of this application and is not to be construed as limiting the claims of the application.






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