Patent ID: 8181814

Claim:
A resealable can container, comprising: a main body having a container mouth and a trunk portion formed of a cylindrical welded can body prepared by rolling a metal sheet and welding an overlapped longitudinal edges of the metal sheet at a welded portion, wherein a level difference of the welded portion exists at the overlapped longitudinal edges of the metal sheet; a curled portion formed on an open end of the container mouth, wherein the metal sheet of the main body is curled outwardly to expose an inner face of the metal sheet as an outer face of the curled portion; a bottom lid seamed to a lower end of the can body; and a closure having a resin sealing liner applied to the exposed inner face at the curled portion formed on an open end of the container mouth; wherein the level difference of the welded portion on the exposed inner face at the curled portion contacted with the resin sealing liner is smaller than the level difference of the welded portion on the trunk portion; the level difference of the welded portion on the exposed inner face at the curled portion is within the range of 15 to 100 μm; a durometer hardness of the resin sealing liner is within the range of HDA 30 to 70 according to ISO 868; the diameter of the main body at the curled portion is 15% to 25% smaller than the diameter of the main body at the trunk portion; and the level difference of the welded portion on a surface of the curled portion is made to be within the range of 15 to 100 μm.