Bottom seam for a pail.

摘要

A pail body (21) having a longitudinal axis and an open end has an end wall (60) fitted in the open end, said fitting involving outward bending of a flange (64) at the open end of the pail body and interengagement of this body flange (64) with a flange (66) on the end wall introduced into the ope end of the pail body. A region (63) of the pail body adjacent the body flange (64) is formed so that it is outwardly inclined with respect to the axis of the pail body at a small angle Y (e.g. from 4 DEG to 12 DEG ), said angle corresponding to the angle of taper on a tapering rim part (65) on the end wall (60) introduced into the open end of said pail body, thus promoting close contact between said body region with said tapering rim part.