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(43) Date of publication: 22.11.1995 Bulletin 1995/47 (21) Application number: 94905808.0 (22) Date of filing: 08.02.1994

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B67B 3/ 22( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1994/000235 (87) International publication number: WO 1994/018108 (18.08.1994 Gazette 1994/19)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU NL PT SE (30) Priority: 13.02.1993 GB 19930002909 (71) Applicant: CarnaudMetalbox plc Worcester WR5 1EQ (GB)	(72) Inventor: VAN DEN AKKER, Richard Henry Winborne, Dorset BH21 1AL (GB) (74) Representative: Gadsden, Robert Edward Group Manager Intellectual Property, et al  CarnaudMetalbox Technology plc. Downsview Road Wantage, Oxon OX12 9BP Wantage, Oxon OX12 9BP (GB)