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EP 0 740 980 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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08.10.1997 Bulletin 1997/41 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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06.11.1996 Bulletin 1996/45 |
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Date of filing: 30.04.1996 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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DE ES FR GB IT NL |
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Priority: |
03.05.1995 GB 9508978
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Applicant: MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY |
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St. Paul,
Minnesota 55133-3427 (US) |
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Inventors: |
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- Stubbs, Roy
Warwickshire CV11 6NW (GB)
- Jekel, Coenraad
6843 NH Arnhem (NL)
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Representative: Bowman, Paul Alan et al |
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LLOYD WISE, TREGEAR & CO.,
Commonwealth House,
1-19 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1LW
London WC1A 1LW (GB) |
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(57) An abrasive article comprising a substrate of cellular material with a pair of major
planar surfaces,
a compressible mat of nonwoven fibres affixed to one of said major surfaces, said
fibres having adhered thereto abrasive particles,
a coated abrasive layer comprising abrasive particles,
and a binder bonded to said other major surface.