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(43) Date of publication: 31.08.1988 Bulletin 1988/35 (21) Application number: 87906130.0 (22) Date of filing: 24.08.1987

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B65H 3/ 08( . ) B65H 3/ 54( . ) B65H 3/ 50( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1987/002123 (87) International publication number: WO 1988/001598 (10.03.1988 Gazette 1988/06)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE (30) Priority: 05.09.1986 US 19860904053 (71) Applicant: DATA CARD CORPORATION Minnetonka, MN 55343 (US)	(72) Inventors: NUBSON, Richard, C. Eden Prairie, MN 55344 (US) MATTILA, Gary, P. St. Louis Park, MN 55416 (US) (74) Representative: Ström, Tore, et al  Ström & Gulliksson AB Studentgatan 1 P.O. Box 4188 S-203 13 Malmö S-203 13 Malmö (SE)