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EP 1661974 B1 20080514 - Method of manufacturing candles

Title (en)

Method of manufacturing candles

Title (de)

Verfahren zum Herstellen von Kerzen

Title (fr)

Procédé pour la fabrication des bougies

Publication

EP 1661974 B1 20080514 (DE)

Application

EP 05018630 A 20050826

Priority

DE 102004041473 A 20040827

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1661974A1] Producing candles comprises melting a wax material in a twin-screw extruder with corotating screws, extruding the material through a die to form rod-shaped extrudates and dividing the extrudates into lengths.

IPC 8 full level

C11C 5/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

C11C 5/026 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1661974 A1 20060531; EP 1661974 B1 20080514; AT E395400 T1 20080515; DE 502005004100 D1 20080626; PL 1661974 T3 20081031; SI 1661974 T1 20081031

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 05018630 A 20050826; AT 05018630 T 20050826; DE 502005004100 T 20050826; PL 05018630 T 20050826; SI 200530301 T 20050826