(19)
(11) EP 0 744 232 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
30.07.1997 Bulletin 1997/31

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.11.1996 Bulletin 1996/48

(21) Application number: 96302720.6

(22) Date of filing: 18.04.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: B21D 51/52
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
LT LV SI

(30) Priority: 18.04.1995 US 423717

(71) Applicant: Philip Morris Products Inc.
Richmond Virginia 23234 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Evers, Donald H.
    Richmond, Virginia 23220 (US)
  • Fleenor, John Jerome
    Midlothian, Virginia 23113 (US)
  • Gergely, Alex Sandor
    Powhatan, Virginia 23139 (US)
  • Gregory III, Joseph Lee
    Richmond, Virginia 23235 (US)
  • Hawkins, John
    Midlothian, Virginia 23113 (US)
  • Jeanrenaud, Guy J.
    Richmond, Virginia 23236 (US)
  • Newsome, Reginald W.
    Richmond, Virginia 23236 (US)
  • Wilder, Duane C.
    Chesterfield, Virginia 23832 (US)

(74) Representative: Marlow, Nicholas Simon et al
Reddie & Grose 16, Theobalds Road
London WC1X 8PL
London WC1X 8PL (GB)

   


(54) Metal package and a method for making a metal package


(57) A method for making a metal package includes providing a sheet of metal, dividing the sheet to define separating and folding lines for forming a package blank, heating the blank in the region of the folding lines to soften the metal for folding, separating the blank from the sheet, folding the blank along the folding lines and joining predetermined portions to form a package. The invention also relates to a metal package formed by the method of the invention.






Search report