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EP 1180438 B1 20060412 - Binding strips

Title (en)

Binding strips

Title (de)

Heftstreifen

Title (fr)

Bandes de reliure

Publication

EP 1180438 B1 20060412 (DE)

Application

EP 01250250 A 20010703

Priority

EP 01250250 A 20010703

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1180438A1] A layer of adhesive (6) covered by a peel-off protective strip (5) has a parallel filing part which has round and elongated holes (8,9, 10-12) matching the ring and clamp mechanisms with different numbers of rings or clamps and different distances apart and different holes, The filing strip has at least one dividing line(1) running across the lengthwise axis and divided into at least two separate sections (2,3).

IPC 8 full level

B42F 11/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B42F 11/00 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1180438 A1 20020220; EP 1180438 B1 20060412; AT E322993 T1 20060415; DE 50109481 D1 20060524

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 01250250 A 20010703; AT 01250250 T 20010703; DE 50109481 T 20010703