Closure reconditioning means and methods

Claim 1

A RECONDITIONING COLLAR FOR THE RECONDITIONING OF STEEL DRUM CLOSURES, WHICH CLOSURES INCLUDE AN UPSTANDING NECK FORMED OUT OF THE CONTAINER WALL STOCK AND A CLOSURE FLANGE HAVING A CYLINDRICAL PORTION WITHIN SAID NECK, SAID FLANGE HAVING A PORTION BEADED OVER THE UPPER END OF SAID CONTAINER WALL NECK AND HAVING A LATERALLY EXTENDING PORTION, ATR THE OTHER END OF SAID CYLINDRICAL PORTION, SECURING A GASKET BETWEEN THE SAME AND THE INNER SURFACE OF THE CONTAINER WALL STOCK AT THE BASE OF THE NECK, WHICH RECONDITIONING COLLAR COMPRISES, A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL SKIRT PORTION AND AN INTEGRAL INWARDLY BEADED RIM PORTION AT THE UPPER END OF SAID SKIRT PORTION, SAID BEAD PORTION BEING FORMED FOR MATED ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BEADED OVER PORTION OF SAID CLOSURE FLANGE AND SAID SKIRT PORTION FORMED TO EXTEND DOWNWARDLY PAST SAID BEAD IN OPPOSITION OT SAID CONTAINER WALL NECK SPACED OUTWARDLY THEREFORM AND FOR A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE HEIGHT THEREOF, THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID SKIRT PORTION, IN ONE POSITION OF THE SECURING THEREOF, FLARING OUTWARDLY AWAY FROM SAID CONTAINER WALL NECK, SAID RECONDITIONING COLLAR BEING FORMED OF LIGHT WEIGHT DEFORMABLE SHEET STEEL OF SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THICKNESS THAN THE THICKNESS OF SAID CONTAINER WALL STOCK.