An improved container for use in holding oxygen sensitive contents is provided. The container comprises a body having an open end sealed with a metal closure. The metal closure includes a metal structural layer, a polymeric interior coating layer and an oxygen scavenger layer interposed between the metal structural layer and the polymeric interior coating layer.

The invention relates to a packaging means, hereinbelow also: container, which is suitable for the hot-filling of food products in liquid form. The container comprises an upper base of a metal or of a metal alloy having an opening for receiving the liquid and a lower base of a metal or an alloy having an air admission. The upper base and the lower base are sealingly connected with a wall body of a metal or an alloy at a respective upper or lower end of the wall body and form a hollow space for receiving the liquid. Between the lower base and the lower end of the wall body sealingly engaging the lower base, a film is provided which can cause a volume reduction of the hollow space.

A structure of an opening curled portion of a bottle-shaped can possible to enhance the durability of a curled portion against a load applied from above so as to ensure tamper evidence function. The curled portion 10 comprises: an inner circumferential wall 16; an upper rounded portion 17; an outer circumferential wall 20; a lower rounded portion 21; a folded end 22; and a leading edge 23. A tapered wall 15 is formed below the inner circumferential wall 16 to be joined to a threaded section while increasing an outer diameter thereof downwardly. A margin surface area 24 is formed between the inner circumferential wall 16 and the tapered wall 15, in such a manner as to extend downwardly from a lowest end 25 of a contact area with the folded end 22, to locate a curvature center P2 thereof outside of the neck section, and to set a curvature radius R2 thereof longer than a curvature radius R1 of the lower rounded portion 21 in a cross-section along a center axis O of the neck section.

An aluminum-canned wine comprising: an aluminum can including an aluminum sheet, a resin film provided on a surface of the aluminum sheet which faces an internal space of the aluminum can, and an adhesive layer interposed between the aluminum sheet and the resin film and bonding the aluminum sheet and the resin film together, wherein the resin film includes a first resin layer as a topmost layer and a second resin layer containing a dimer acid-copolymerized polyester resin, and wherein at least one of the resin layers constituting the resin film, and/or the adhesive layer contains calcium carbonate; and a wine enclosed in the aluminum can and containing 4.3 mg/L or less of molecular SO.sub.2 and 350 mg/L or less of chloride ions.

The present disclosure relates to a mesh container and a method of making a mesh container that has a first and a second set of opposing side panels, a bottom panel, and a rim directed outwards from the upper edges of the side panels. At least two adjacent sides panels of the container and portion of the rim directed outwardly from the upper edge of the side panels are made from a sheet metal precursor with least one perforated and a stretched portion and unstretched metal portion. The precursor is folded so that the unstretched metal portion joins the two side panels and is bent to form the rim. A notch is cut from the edge of the unstretched metal portion where it is bent at the corner formed by the two side panels.

A method is described for expanding a cylindrical metallic precursor in the manufacture of a three-piece can. The method comprises the steps of: arranging the precursor, having an initial diameter, around a shaping mandrel, the shaping mandrel having a plurality of longitudinally extending segments disposed radially about a longitudinal axis of the shaping mandrel, the segments having arcuate surfaces for engaging an inner surface of the precursor wall; actuating, in a first step, a first subgroup of the plurality of segments to expand outwards to engage with the inner surface of the precursor wall and expand at least a portion of it to a first diameter that is larger than the initial diameter of the precursor; and actuating, in a second step, a second subgroup of the plurality of segments to expand outwards and also engage with the inner surface of the precursor wall whereby the second subgroup expands at least a portion of the precursor to a second diameter that is larger than the first diameter. The method allows a greater degree of expansion of the wall of a cylindrical metallic container, whereby greater variations in diameter can be achieved between recessed portions and the remainder of the wall.

Provided is an inexpensive, low-environmental-burden laminated metal sheet and laminated metallic container that have basic properties such as formability, adhesion between the film and the metal sheet, and corrosion resistance, and that do not suffer from degradation in appearance due to whitening even when subjected to retort sterilization treatment. The laminated metal sheet 10 has a first film 31 laminated on at least one of a front surface 21 or a back surface 22 of a metal sheet 20. The first film 31 is homopolyethylene terephthalate or copolymer polyethylene terephthalate, and w(x) obtained by a linearly polarized laser Raman spectroscopic analysis for a cross section of the first film 31 satisfies the following expressions (1) and (2):

[00001]$\begin{array}{cc}{w_{1730}}^{\mathrm{ID}}\left(1.\right)20{\mathrm{cm}}^{-1}& \left(1\right)\end{array}$$\begin{array}{cc}{w_{1730}}^{\mathrm{ND}}\left(1.\right)20{\mathrm{cm}}^{-1}.& \left(2\right)\end{array}$