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EP 1 017 593 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 12.07.2000 Bulletin 2000/28 (21) Application number: 98924490.0 (22) Date of filing: 29.05.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65D 33/25, B65D 81/22, A24F 23/02, A44B 19/00 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9801/589 (87) International publication number: WO 9854/060 (03.12.1998 Gazette 1998/48)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI NL PT SE (30) Priority: 31.05.1997 GB 9711248 (71) Applicant: IMPERIAL TOBACCO LIMITED Bristol, BS99 7UJ (GB)	(72) Inventors: LUTON, Colin Dennis Long Ashton,Bristol BS18 9BN (GB) RAWCLIFFE, Kenneth John St. George,Bristol BS5 7QL (GB) (74) Representative: Wilkinson, Stephen John  Stevens, Hewlett & Perkins1 St. Augustine's Place Bristol BS1 4UD Bristol BS1 4UD (GB)