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(11) EP 0 267 643 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
04.09.1991 Bulletin 1991/36

(43) Date of publication A2:
18.05.1988 Bulletin 1988/20

(21) Application number: 87202084.7

(22) Date of filing: 29.10.1987
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: B65D 8/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 10.11.1986 GB 8626766

(71) Applicants:
  • UNILEVER N.V.
    NL-3013 AL Rotterdam (NL)

    BE CH DE ES FR GR IT LI NL SE AT 
  • UNILEVER PLC
    London EC4P 4BQ (GB)

    GB 

(72) Inventors:
  • Cockerill, Dennis
    Blackheath London SE3 7NJ (GB)
  • Peacock, Angus George
    Kent DA14 4LL (GB)

(74) Representative: Roscoe, Brian Corrie et al
UNILEVER PLC Patents Division Colworth House Sharnbrook
Bedford MK44 1LQ
Bedford MK44 1LQ (GB)


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    (54) Can


    (57) Can, consisting of a can body (8) and an upper and a lower cover plate, each cover plate without openings and/or scoring lines, each cover plate (9) connected to the can body by means of a double seam (10), each cover plate having a substantially rectangular form with two sets of two parallel sides interconnected by curved corners and having a surface area of less than 250 cm², the internal radius of curvature of each of the corners of the cover plate being at least 20 mm.






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