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EP 0 877 710 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 18.11.1998 Bulletin 1998/47 (21) Application number: 97904796.0 (22) Date of filing: 09.01.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B65D 67/ 02( . ) B65D 71/ 46( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1997/000745 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/025257 (17.07.1997 Gazette 1997/31)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI NL PT SE (30) Priority: 09.01.1996 GB 19960000366 (71) Applicant: THE MEAD CORPORATION Dayton Ohio 45463 (US)	(72) Inventor: GARNIER, Jean-Michel F-36100 Issoudun (FR) (74) Representative: Hepworth, John Malcolm  Hepworth Lawrence Bryer & Bizley Bloxam Court Corporation Street Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2DU Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2DU (GB)