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(11) EP 0 958 173 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
24.11.1999 Bulletin 1999/47

(21) Application number: 97934628.0

(22) Date of filing: 31.07.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B65B 57/ 02( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/GB1997/002080
(87) International publication number:
WO 1998/005558 (12.02.1998 Gazette 1998/06)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE DK ES FR IT SE

(30) Priority: 03.08.1996 GB 19960016378

(71) Applicant: Fisher-Matthews Ltd.
Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16 7TL (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • FISHER, Gary, Austin
    Oxfordshire OX17 3LH (GB)

(74) Representative: Stanley, Michael Gordon 
P.O. Box 270
Banbury, Oxfordshire OX15 5SD
Banbury, Oxfordshire OX15 5SD (GB)

   


(54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING CONSTRUCTION FAULTS IN CONTAINERS MADE FROM BLANKS, AND PACKAGE BLANK