Patent ID: 8454292

Claim:
A tool for restraining and reforming a can end having a center panel, a reinforcing bead at a periphery of the center panel, and a moveable portion formed in the center panel, the tool comprising: an upper tool having a first contact surface configured to contact a top surface of the center panel; and a lower tool having a protrusion, and a second contact surface configured to contact a bottom surface of the center panel; wherein (i) the first and second contact surfaces are configured to press against the center panel to thereby restrain the can end such that a portion of the center panel that is immediately adjacent to the moveable portion of the center panel is spaced apart from the upper tool when the can end is restrained by the upper and lower tools, and (ii) the protrusion is configured to contact an underside of the moveable portion to thereby move the moveable portion from a downward position to an upward position.