Cans prepared by bonding and/or seaming together the to-be-bonded portions of can materials with the aid of an adhesive, characterized in that the adhesive comprises at least one modified polyolefin selected from carboxyl group-containing polyolefins and metal compound-incorporated carboxyl group-containing polyolefins.

A can has a metal end and a side wall of a different metal. Self-supporting sheet material which is water-impervious and electrolytically inert with respect to the metal of the side wall isolates the end from the contents of the can and serves to provide electrolytic corrosion of the end. Where the end is a tear-off end, the sheet also serves to preserve the contents from contamination if the tear-off end is damaged.

Metal can blanks comprising a cylindrical side wall expanded by any known method so that the side wall of the resultant can includes a regular pattern (2) of individual pattern elements. In one example the pattern elements are diamond in outline and are formed over a central region of the can side wall by about 2.25% expansion. Further expanded margins (3, 4) are provided above and below this pattern. The pattern elements are arranged in rows and columns so that the pattern comprises at least tw...

A tinned steel sheet having a tin deposit obtained by evenly plating tin on the surface of a base steel sheet at a deposition rate of 0.5-1.7 g/m.sup.2 is used as a surface-treated steel sheet for forming a can body. A biaxially oriented polyester film having a thickness of 5-50 .mu.m is caused to adhere to the surface-treated steel sheet with a thermosetting resin adhesive at a temperature of 180.degree.-225.degree. C. as a protective coat. The tinned steel sheet has, on its both ends, two laye...

A can carrier suitable for carrying a six-pack of cans including a top plate, bottom plate and spacer holding the top plate and bottom plate in relative position. Each part can be constructed from a sheet of plastic. The top plate and bottom plate each include arcuate recesses defining arcs of greater than 180.degree. to contain the cans. The recesses in the top plate are such that the can body is closely received therein and the can is prevented from dropping from the carrier by the engagement ...

A palletizer for organizing a mass of containers in the form of open metal cans continuously delivered thereto by an infeed conveyor into ordered rows, and for stacking the ordered rows of containers layer by layer onto a pallet therefor. The pallet is removably supported upon a vertically reciprocable elevator operative to lower the pallet progressively step by step so that the successive layers of containers can be stacked one upon another. The palletizer is operative to offset or stagger the ...

A carton blank (10) comprises hingably interconnected main panels (12,30,32,34) and a corner gusset structure (50,51) section hingably connected to two adjacent main panels (12,30). One of the main panels (12) has a fold line (20) which lies substantially parallel to the hinged connection (22) between the adjacent two panels. The fold line defines two panel portions (12,12a) in the main panel (12) which can be displaced from coplanar alignment with one another about the fold line (20) during for...

A column stabilising grid (1) is described for use in constructing stable columns of stacked objects, such as containers of paint. The grid (1) has a perimeter wall (2) bounding a number of locating cells (3) defined by walls (6) and (7) extending from a floor (4). Primary locating walls (6) are dimensioned to receive the base of a larger object and to resist lateral movement thereof. Secondary locating walls (7), each encompassed by a primary locating wall (6), are dimensioned to receive the ba...

The present invention provides a carrier for transporting and storing cylindrical cans. The carrier includes a plurality of elongated cylindrical tubes which are open at each end and have a longitudinally extending slot formed along their front. Each tube is dimensioned to slidably receive a can through its open top while a stop adjacent the bottom end of each tube retains the cans within the interior of the tube. The tubes are constructed of a resilient material so that, by grabbing and pulling...

The lowermost of a plurality of vertically stacked cans, which have their longitudinal axes substantially vertical, is held at a first stop. A crush plate is advanced to have a first portion of its front wall engage a mid portion of the lowermost can to fold it about an axis perpendicular to its longitudinal axis. When the crush plate is withdrawn, the lowermost can falls to a second lower stop and the next stacked can is held at the first stop. The crush plate has the first portion of its front...