Patent ID: 8132439

Claim:
A thread forming device for a bottle can member comprising: a core which contacts an inner surface of a mouth section of the bottle can member and has a thread forming section configured to form a thread section in the mouth section on an outer periphery of the core, said thread section including a first thread and other threads, the first thread being closer to a tip of the mouth section than the other threads; an outer member which contacts the outer periphery of the mouth section and has a thread forming section which has a corresponding shape to the thread forming section of the core around the outer periphery of the outer member; and a driving structure that causes the core and the outer member to rotate around an axial center of the bottle can member while pinching the mouth section; wherein in the thread forming section of the core, a height of a first thread forming section for forming the first thread is lower than other thread forming sections so that the first thread of the mouth section would be lower than the other threads within a predetermined angle range that is measured from a beginning of the first thread in a circumferential direction.