MUMBAI, India, April 25 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517022362 A) filed by Toyo Seikan Co. Ltd., Tokyo, on March 12, for 'can manufacturing method and device.'

Inventor(s) include Hokamura Hanjiro; Tochigi Takayuki; Hunatsuki Hiromitsu; and Wakisaka Kouji.

The application for the patent was published on April 25, under issue no. 17/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention addresses the problem of providing a can manufacturing method involving air assist, with which it is possible to remove a punch smoothly from a processed can by appropriately performing the air assist. This can manufacturing method involves a drawing and/or drawing-ironin...