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EP 0 810 951 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 10.12.1997 Bulletin 1997/50 (21) Application number: 96902385.0 (22) Date of filing: 14.02.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B65D 41/ 04( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1996/000346 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/026121 (29.08.1996 Gazette 1996/39)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 21.02.1995 GB 19950003430 09.08.1995 GB 19950016347 (71) Applicant: MCG CLOSURES LIMITED West Bromwich West Midlands B70 7HY (GB)	(72) Inventor: THOMPSON, Nigel West Midlands DY8 8AT (GB) (74) Representative: Stebbing, Peter John Hunter, et al  Ablett & Stebbing 45 Lancaster Mews Lancaster Gate London W2 3QQ London W2 3QQ (GB)