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(11) EP 0 975 542 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
02.02.2000 Bulletin 2000/05

(21) Application number: 98915628.6

(22) Date of filing: 14.04.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B65H 19/18, B65H 16/10
(86) International application number:
PCT/US9807/838
(87) International publication number:
WO 9846/509 (22.10.1998 Gazette 1998/42)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE ES FR GB IT NL SE

(30) Priority: 16.04.1997 US 845098
30.03.1998 US 49908

(71) Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • BAGGOT, James, Leo
    Menasha, WI 54952 (US)
  • DANIELS, Michael, Earl
    Neenah, WI 54956 (US)
  • GROPP, Ronald, Frederick
    St. Catharines, Ontario L2N 2T8 (CA)
  • GRUBER, David, Robert
    Aiken, SC 29803 (US)
  • PAULING, Paul, Kerner
    Appleton, WI 54914 (US)
  • PERKINS, James, Monroe
    Appleton, WI 54911 (US)
  • BA DOUR, James, D., Jr.
    Trail Green Bay, WI 54313 (US)
  • BIRNBAUM, Larry, E.
    Green Bay, WI 54304 (US)
  • FORTUNA, Rudolph, S.
    Green Bay, WI 54303 (US)

(74) Representative: Davies, Christopher Robert 
Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL
London EC4V 4EL (GB)

   


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