METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A THIN WALLED BARRIER ARTICLE - Patent 0946349

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EP 0 946 349 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	06.10.1999 Bulletin 1999/40

(21)	Application number: 97949510.0

(22)	Date of filing: 21.11.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A41D 19/ 00^{( . )}
B29C 49/ 00^{( . )}

B29C 45/ 00^{( . )}
B29C 49/ 06^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1997/021265

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1998/022275 (28.05.1998 Gazette 1998/21)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

22.11.1996 US 19960031650P

(71)	Applicant: ETHICON INC.
	Somerville New Jersey 08876 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	ENGBERG, Kathleen Kitchener, Ontario N2H 2A2 (CA) HUGHES, Gary Bolton, Ontario L7E 2R2 (CA) PESAVENTO, Modesto Etobicoke, Ontario M8Y 2W4 (CA)

(74)	Representative: Mercer, Christopher Paul
	Carpmaels & Ransford 43, Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A THIN WALLED BARRIER ARTICLE