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科目：機械氏名：渡辺＜知的財産翻訳検定＞答案用紙

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been made in order to eliminate
the above-mentioned disadvantages.
A top plate for a can is provided with an opening formed
by a cut groove and a pull top tab attached in a rotatable manneraround a shaft.

One end of the tab is provided with a finger

placing portion.

A smoothly protruding portion is provided inthe top plate opposite to the opening with respect to the shaft.
The configuration of the present invention is as described above.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be
described hereinafter with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the present invention.

Inthe figure, a pull top tab 3 has one end rotatably attached toa center position of a top plate 7 with a shaft 6 and the otherend having a finger handle portion 8 including an opening.

Inthe embodiment in FIG. 1, a finger placing portion 1 is formed1

to be convex upward on one side of the opening.

A smoothly

protruding portion 2 is designed such that a peak of theprotruding portion 2 is located just opposite to an opening 4
formed by a cut groove with respect to the shaft 6.

The

protruding portion 2 protrudes little by little along therotating direction of the pull top tab 3, and positioned under
an area of movement of the pull top tab 3.
The pull top tab 3 is provided in a horizontal directionin the middle of the opening 4 and the protruding portion 2 withrespect to the shaft 6 of the top plate 7.

The above-described

protruding portion 2 and the finger placing portion 1 arepositioned below an outer circumference portion 10 of a can body
5 as shown in FIG. 3, which is a cross-sectional view taken alongline III-III of FIG. 2.
In the present invention having the above-described
configuration, a finger is placed onto the finger placing portion
1 in a state shown in FIG. 1, and then the pull top tab 3 is rotatedin a direction toward the smoothly protruding portion 2 asindicated by an arrow in FIG. 2.

When a distal end from the middleof the pull top tab 3 reaches the peak of the protruding portion
2, the finger handle portion 8 of the pull top tab 3 is lifteddue to the protrusion of the protruding portion 2, and a top endof a pressing portion 9 of the pull top tab 3 becomes in contact
with the opening 4.
is opened.

When the pull top tab 3 is raised, a can

After returning the raised pull top tab 3 to the2former position, drinking of the content, such as a beverage,
may be performed.
The pull top structure of the present invention
facilitates storage and transportation of plurality of cans ina stacked state, since the protruding portion 2 and the finger
placing portion 1 are provided so as to be positioned below theouter circumference portion 10 of the can body 5.
By placing a fingertip onto the finger placing portion 1of thepull top tab 3 and rotating the pull top tab 3 toward

the smoothly protruding portion 2, the distance between the pull
top tab 3 and the top plate 7 is increased, facilitating safe
opening of a can without damaging the fingertip or a nail tip.

What is claimed is:1.

A pull top structure comprising:a top plate;a pull top tab rotatably attached to the top plate by meansof a shaft, the pull top tab including a finger handle portion
at a top end thereof having a finger placing portion convex
upward; anda protruding portion in the top plate opposite to an opening
with respect to the shaft.

2.

The pull top structure according to claim 1, wherein

the finger placing portion of the pull top tab and the protruding3

portion are adapted not to exceed a top of an outer circumferenceof a can body, thereby allowing stacking of cans.

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