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EP 0 810 968 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 10.12.1997 Bulletin 1997/50 (21) Application number: 95911912.0 (22) Date of filing: 24.02.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B65H 23/ 06( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1995/002308 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/026144 (29.08.1996 Gazette 1996/39)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT (71) Applicant: MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY St. Paul, Minnesota 55133-3427 (US)	(72) Inventor: LISSONI, Adelio I-22078 Turate (IT) (74) Representative: Hill, Cecilia Ann, et al  Office of Intellectual Property Counsel, 3M Europe S.A./N.V., Hermeslaan 7 1831 Diegem 1831 Diegem (BE)