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EP 0 773 891 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 21.05.1997 Bulletin 1997/21 (21) Application number: 95927824.0 (22) Date of filing: 02.08.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B65D 17/ 00( . ) B65D 77/ 24( . ) B65D 51/ 28( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1995/001827 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/004181 (15.02.1996 Gazette 1996/08)

(84) Designated Contracting States: BE DE FR GB IT NL (30) Priority: 04.08.1994 GB 19940015782 (71) Applicant: Continental Can Company Limited Chester CH4 9QT (GB)	(72) Inventor: REICHINGER, Richard, Alfred Liverpool L7 3QB (GB) (74) Representative: Boon, Graham Anthony  Elkington and Fife, Prospect House, 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR (GB)