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EP 0 746 499 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 11.12.1996 Bulletin 1996/50 (21) Application number: 95912638.0 (22) Date of filing: 28.02.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B65B 21/ 24( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1995/002466 (87) International publication number: WO 1995/023091 (31.08.1995 Gazette 1995/37)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI NL PT SE (30) Priority: 28.02.1994 GB 19940003787 (71) Applicant: THE MEAD CORPORATION Dayton Ohio 45463 (US)	(72) Inventor: PORTRAIT, Pascal F-36800 Saint-Gaultier (FR) (74) Representative: Hepworth, John Malcolm, et al  Hepworth Lawrence Bryer & Bizley Bloxam Court Corporation Street Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2DU Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2DU (GB)