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EP 0 804 370 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 05.11.1997 Bulletin 1997/45 (21) Application number: 96900356.0 (22) Date of filing: 16.01.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B65D 5/ 72( . ) B65D 85/ 10( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1996/000074 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/022231 (25.07.1996 Gazette 1996/34)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 17.01.1995 GB 19950000807 (71) Applicant: BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY LIMITED Staines, Middlesex TW18 1DY (GB)	(72) Inventors: ALIG, Markus CH-8306 Bruttisellen (CH) TEALDI, Marc, Eugenio Dubai (AE) (74) Representative: Walford, Margot Ruth, et al  Patents Department, British-American Tobacco Co. Ltd., Technology Centre, Regents Park Road Southampton SO15 8TL Southampton SO15 8TL (GB)