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(11) EP 0 323 761 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
03.01.1990 Bulletin 1990/01

(43) Date of publication A2:
12.07.1989 Bulletin 1989/28

(21) Application number: 88312446.3

(22) Date of filing: 30.12.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: B65D 85/66
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE ES FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 05.01.1988 GB 8800091

(71) Applicant: The Wiggins Teape Group Limited
Basingstoke Hampshire RG21 2EE (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Nerincx, Christian
    Waterloo (BE)

(74) Representative: Bridge-Butler, Alan James et al
G.F. Redfern & Co. Redfern House 149/151 Tarring Road
Worthing, West Sussex BN11 4HE
Worthing, West Sussex BN11 4HE (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Package containing a reel of sheet material


    (57) A package containing a reel (1) of sheet material comprising a pallet (8), a reel of sheet material with its axis substantially vertical and the lower end of which rests on said pallet and the diameter of which is less than the minimum transverse dimension across the pallet, a top cover (14) made from honeycomb board having a plan form substantially the same as the pallet and located on the upper end of the reel, and a number of straps (16) extending between said pallet and the top cover to hold the pallet and the cover firmly in place against the ends of the reel.







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