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EP 0 654 007 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 24.05.1995 Bulletin 1995/21 (21) Application number: 94908064.0 (22) Date of filing: 05.08.1993

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B67B 7/ 48( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1993/001660 (87) International publication number: WO 1994/004455 (03.03.1994 Gazette 1994/06)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 11.08.1992 GB 19920017047 (71) Applicant: DAVID S. SMITH PACKAGING LIMITED London SW1P 2BX (GB)	(72) Inventor: SHIPWAY, Malcolm Bristol BS12 2RS (GB) (74) Representative: Johnson, Terence Leslie, et al  Edward Evans & Co. Chancery House 53-64 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1SD London WC2A 1SD (GB)