Patent ID: 11884449
Assignee: RE-LID ENGINEERING AG
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A can lid for a can, the can lid comprising:
at least one lid panel configured to delimit an upper side of the can, including by crimping an outer circumferential edge of the lid panel to a lateral wall of the can, the lid panel having at least one pouring opening through which a substance present in the can may be poured out;
an actuating element disposed on an upper side of the lid panel which faces away from an interior of the can when the can lid is attached thereto; and
a closure element disposed on a lower side of the lid panel which faces an interior of the can when the can lid is attached thereto, wherein the closure element is shiftable in a guided manner by the actuating element between a closed position, in which the closure element closes the pouring opening in a liquid-tight and/or gas-tight manner, and an open position, in which the pouring opening is at least partially uncovered, along the lid panel substantially translationally in a straight line parallel to a plane in which the lid panel extends;
wherein the closure element and the actuating element are made of a metallic material; and
wherein the closure element and the actuating element are fastened to one another by a connection, wherein the connection moves along a guide slot in the lid panel during shifting of the closure element from the closed position to the open position, wherein a distance between the actuating element and the closure element in an area of the connection is non-variable.