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EP 1 001 860 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 24.05.2000 Bulletin 2000/21 (21) Application number: 98939878.9 (22) Date of filing: 06.08.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B21H 3/06 (86) International application number: PCT/US9816/325 (87) International publication number: WO 9907/496 (18.02.1999 Gazette 1999/07)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE ES FR GB IE IT (30) Priority: 08.08.1997 US 55178 P (71) Applicant: PCC Specialty Products, Inc. Wexford, PA 15090etts 01520 (US)	(72) Inventor: SCHNEIDER, Arthur, E. Holden, MA 01520 (US) (74) Representative: KEIL & SCHAAFHAUSENPatentanwälte  Cronstettenstrasse 66 60322 Frankfurt am Main 60322 Frankfurt am Main (DE)