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(43) Date of publication: 16.08.2000 Bulletin 2000/33 (21) Application number: 98907493.5 (22) Date of filing: 18.02.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65H 27/00, D06B 23/02 (86) International application number: PCT/US9803/047 (87) International publication number: WO 9918/022 (15.04.1999 Gazette 1999/15)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT (30) Priority: 03.10.1997 US 939726 (71) Applicant: MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY St. Paul,Minnesota 55133-3427 (US)	(72) Inventors: JOHNSON, David, E. Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 (US) IONTA, Richard Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 (US) MOREN, Louis, S. Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 (US) WELYGAN, Dennis, G. Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 (US) YOUNG, John, B. Saint Paul, MN 55133-3427 (US) (74) Representative: VOSSIUS & PARTNER  Siebertstrasse 4 81675 München 81675 München (DE)