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EP 1 025 005 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 09.08.2000 Bulletin 2000/32 (21) Application number: 98902132.4 (22) Date of filing: 03.02.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65B 43/52 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9800/334 (87) International publication number: WO 9833/709 (06.08.1998 Gazette 1998/31)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE ES GB IT NL (30) Priority: 03.02.1997 GB 9702150 (71) Applicant: MOLINS PLC Blakelands,Milton Keynes MK14 5LU (GB)	(72) Inventors: KERRY, Malcolm, Charles BeestonNottingham NG9 1PF (GB) THEXTON, Graham, Ronald Nottingham NG2 3DR (GB)