| 摘要 |
A tag ring element having a neck portion and a base portion and bordering the openings in container walls and methods and apparatus for at least partially forming the same during the application of the closure elements to the container walls, including means for automatically feeding and positioning blanks for such tag ring elements in position for securement during the securing of closure elements about said container wall openings. The tag ring elements may be preformed to varying degrees depending upon the means for holding them in the dies and may be of varying thicknesses, depending on whether they serve as the sole securing neck for securing closure flanges to container wall openings, whether they reinforce lightweight necks formed in the container wall, or whether they principally serve to provide eyelets for the attachment of various elements thereto. In a particular instance, the tag ring element flat blanks are fed into the dies which perforate container walls, draw necks up from the same form and secure the tag ring elements thereto, and secure closure flanges within such necks in one stroke of a press. Particular feeding and holding means for the tag ring elements for the automatic application of the same to container wall necks simultaneously with the application of the closure flange to the opening being formed, is provided in the instance of single stroke application of closures to the container walls. |
