US 11,878,835 B2
Metallic can end
Gregor Anton Piech, Reith bei Kitzbuhel (AT)
Assigned to TOP CAP HOLDING GMBH, Kufstein (AT)
Appl. No. 17/253,447
Filed by TOP CAP HOLDING GMBH, Kufstein (AT)
PCT Filed Jun. 17, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/065879
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 17, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/243254, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 18178571 (EP), filed on Jun. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0253300 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 17/28 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 17/4014 (2018.01) [B65D 17/404 (2018.01); B65D 2517/004 (2013.01); B65D 2517/0013 (2013.01); B65D 2517/0064 (2013.01); B65D 2517/0082 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A metallic can end having a reclosable opening, the metallic can end having an inner end side and an outer end side, the metallic can end having an upwardly pivotable metallic end region abutting a fixed end surface along a peripheral microgap or a weakening line provided in a surface of the metallic can end and peripherally around an opening region, having a sealing frame composed of plastic material connected to the fixed end surface and surrounding the opening region, having a closure unit composed of plastic that is disposed within the microgap or the weakening line, that is connected to the upwardly pivotable metallic end region, and that is pivotably attached to the fixed end surface via a pivot bearing, wherein the sealing frame and the closure unit cooperate in a sealing manner, and the upwardly pivotable metallic end region disposed within the peripheral microgap or the weakening line is received and held in the opening region of the end, wherein the sealing frame is bonded to the fixed end surface and the closure unit is bonded to the upwardly pivotable metallic end region on the outer end side, and wherein the inner end side is free of lamination, and wherein the closure unit covers the microgap or the weakening line from an outside as long as the end is not open.