A reclosable can lid is described which does not require a separation of a metal surface associated with chip formation in the opening process, which ensures the respective required leak tightness on the reclosing, even in the case of a pressure build-up resulting in the respective container, and which has a high functional reliability with a particularly economical manufacturing option.

A reclosable can lid is described which does not require a separation of a metal surface associated with chip formation in the opening process, which ensures the respective required leak tightness on the reclosing, even in the case of a pressure build-up resulting in the respective container, and which has a high functional reliability with a particularly economical manufacturing option.

A reclosable can lid is described which does not require a separation of a metal surface associated with chip formation in the opening process, which ensures the respective required leak tightness on the reclosing, even in the case of a pressure build-up resulting in the respective container, and which has a high functional reliability with a particularly economical manufacturing option.

The invention relates to a lid (1) for a can for foodstuff, paint and so on, which lid comprises: ringlike bare part (2) defining a opening (3); a sealing foil (4) arranged an the base part and covering the opening; a lip (5) arranged with one end to the foil for tearing the foil; retaining means for retaining a free end of the lip adjacent the sealing foil, whereby the retaining means comprise a first retaining part being part (7) of the sealing foil and a second retaining part being (8) part or the lip.

The can (L) comprises an end wall (10) having a first wall portion and a second wall portion (11, 12), which are broken in order to form a pouring opening (A1) and a vent opening (A2), and an actuation tab (30) pivoted in the end wall (10) and having a pressing end portion (31) and an extracting end portion (32). The first and the second wall portions (11, 12) are ruptured by the pressing end portion (31) and by the extracting end portion (32), upon the pivoting movement of the actuation tab (30) by applying a manual upward force to its extracting end portion (32). The actuation tab (30) further comprises a grip portion (33) having a hinge end (33a), affixed to the extracting end portion (32), and a free end (33b), the grip portion (33) being manually, angularly and upwardly displaced, around its hinge end (33a), from a retracted inoperative condition, in which it remains contained between the end wall (10) and the plane of an adjacent peripheral edge (21) of the can (L), and an operative condition, in which it has its free end (33b) projecting upwardly from the plane of said peripheral edge (21) of the can (L).