METHODS OF SEALING BOXES WITH SHORTENED FLAPS USING A PARTIALLY ADHESIVE TAPE AND THE PACKAGES MADE BY THE METHODS - Patent 0773886

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EP 0 773 886 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	21.05.1997 Bulletin 1997/21

(21)	Application number: 95925547.0

(22)	Date of filing: 12.07.1995

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B65B 51/ 06^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1995/008522

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1996/005108 (22.02.1996 Gazette 1996/09)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE ES FR GB IT

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Priority:

16.08.1994 US 19940291178

(71)	Applicant: MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
	St. Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	TRENT, Robert, J. Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 (US) FAUST, Michael, C. Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 (US)

(74)	Representative: Warcoin, Jacques
	Cabinet Régimbeau, 26, avenue Kléber 75116 Paris 75116 Paris (FR)

(54)	METHODS OF SEALING BOXES WITH SHORTENED FLAPS USING A PARTIALLY ADHESIVE TAPE AND THE PACKAGES MADE BY THE METHODS