Abstract A method of making the combination of a container body and a closure therefor of the type where the closure and the can body are interconnected by a seaming flange, and wherein the closure is provided with a weakened score line of smaller transverse dimension than the transverse dimension of the resultant seaming flange so that the weakened score line is spaced a small distance from said seaming flange, comprising the simultaneous forming of such seaming flange and a rib in said container body having an inside transverse dimension which is slightly less than the transverse dimension of said weakened score line whereby upon removal of that part of the closure between said weakened score line, said rib will protect against injury occasioned by the remaining portion of said closure adjacent to said seaming flange.
The method of making the combination of a can body and a closure of the type where both can body and closure have a flange bead interconnecting the two, and wherein said closure has a continuous weakened score line having a transverse dimension slightly less than the transverse dimension of said flange bead which comprises: a. forming a can body from fibrous material; b. placing a flanged closure on said can body; c. forming a beaded flange seal between said closure and said can body, and d. simultaneously forming from the exterior of said can body an inturned rib in said can body in proximity to said closure of an inside transverse dimension which is less than the transverse dimension of said weakened score line, to form a protective shoulder against possible injury occasioned by the remaining portion of said closure adjacent said sealing flange.
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Independent Claim
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The method of making the combination of a can body and a closure of the type where both can body and closure have a flange bead interconnecting the two, and wherein said closure has a continuous weakened score line having a transverse dimension slightly less than the transverse dimension of said flange bead which comprises: a. forming a can body from fibrous material; b. placing a flanged closure on said can body; c. forming a beaded flange seal between said closure and said can body, and d. simultaneously forming from the exterior of said can body an inturned rib in said can body in proximity to said closure of an inside transverse dimension which is less than the transverse dimension of said weakened score line, to form a protective shoulder against possible injury occasioned by the remaining portion of said closure adjacent said sealing flange.