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(11) EP 0 438 473 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
31.07.1991 Bulletin 1991/31

(21) Application number: 89911583.0

(22) Date of filing: 13.10.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B65B 31/ 02( . )
B65B 31/ 06( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/GB1989/001212
(87) International publication number:
WO 1990/003920 (19.04.1990 Gazette 1990/09)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 14.10.1988 NZ 19660002265

(71) Applicant: PIPER, James William
Ponsonby, Auckland (NZ)

(72) Inventors:
  • COSTELLO, Anthony, William
    Auckland (NZ)
  • PERYER, Bryan, Milton
    Auckland (NZ)

(74) Representative: Jones, Graham H. 
Graham Jones & Company 77 Beaconsfield Road Blackheath
London SE3 7LG
London SE3 7LG (GB)

   


(54) FOOD PACKAGING PROCESS AND APPARATUS