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(11) EP 0 608 342 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
03.08.1994 Bulletin 1994/31

(21) Application number: 92922306.0

(22) Date of filing: 09.10.1992
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
D06H 5/ 00( . )
D21F 1/ 00( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1992/008665
(87) International publication number:
WO 1993/007338 (15.04.1993 Gazette 1993/10)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 11.10.1991 US 19910775047
24.09.1992 US 19920951311

(71) Applicant: ASTEN GROUP, INC.
Charleston, SC 29411-0700 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • JOHNSON, C., Barry
    Summerville, SC 29485 (US)

(74) Representative: Boydell, John Christopher 
Stevens, Hewlett & Perkins 1 Serjeants' Inn Fleet Street
London EC4Y 1LL
London EC4Y 1LL (GB)

   


(54) WOVEN PAPERMAKERS FABRIC HAVING A UNIBODY SEAM AND A METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME