Claims
- 1. A reinforced tubular can body produced by a method comprising the steps of providing a tubular can body having remote ends with a radially inwardly directed open bead remote from an adjacent one of said ends, and thereafter selectively during a flanging operation and a double seaming operation applying an axial pressure on said can body and collapsing said bead.
- 2. A reinforced tubular can body according to claim 1, wherein one end of said can body is open, and said collapsing of said bead occurs while said one end of said can body is open.
- 3. A reinforced tubular can body according to claim 2, wherein said collapsing of said bead occurs during flanging of said can body.
- 4. A reinforced tubular can body according to claim 2, wherein said collapsing of said bead occurs during double seaming of an end unit to said can body at an end of said can body remote from said open end.
- 5. A reinforced tubular can body according to claim 1, wherein there are at least two of said beads, and said beads are simultaneously collapsed.
- 6. A reinforced tubular can body according to claim 1, wherein a product is placed in said can body and the collapsing of said bead is effected during the final closing of said can body during the double seaming of a closing end unit.
- 7. A reinforced tubular can body according to claim 1, wherein said open bead is formed to a shape wherein when said bead is collapsed the bead will be sloping relative to the axial direction of said can body.
Parent Case Info
This is a division, of application Ser. No. 817,949, filed Jan. 3, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,137,171 which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 079,403, filed Jul. 30, 1987 (now abandoned).
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Divisions (1)
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