Patent ID: 8122747

Claim:
A tooling assembly for scoring a can end, said can end comprising a scoreline defining a severable panel, said tooling assembly comprising: score knife; and score anvil disposed opposite said score knife, said score anvil being structured to cooperate with said score knife in order to form a depression in said can end and to form said scoreline within said depression, wherein the entire scoreline is disposed within said depression, wherein said can end further comprises a first portion, a second portion and a third portion; wherein said score anvil includes a first support surface structured to support the first portion of said can end, a second support surface structured to support the second portion of said can end, and a cavity disposed between said first support surface and said second support surface beneath the third portion of said can end; and wherein said score knife is structured to depress the third portion of said can end into said cavity of said score anvil in order to form said depression of said can end, wherein said can end further comprises a first side and a second side disposed opposite the first side; wherein said cavity of said score anvil has base; wherein said score knife is structured to engage the first side of said can end and to depress said can end into said cavity of said score anvil until the second side of said can end engages the base of said cavity; and wherein, when the second side of said can end engages the base of said cavity, the score knife is structured to score the first side of said can end, thereby forming said scoreline, and wherein said scoreline of said can end includes an apex, a first edge and a second edge; wherein the apex of said scoreline is disposed between the first side of said can end and the second side of said can end; wherein the first edge of said scoreline and the second edge of said scoreline are disposed at the first side of said can end; wherein the first side of the first portion of said can end and the first side of the second portion of said can end are disposed in a common plane; and wherein the first edge of said scoreline and the second edge of said scoreline are disposed within said depression of said can end and below the common plane of the first side of the first portion of said can end and the first side of the second portion of said can end.