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EP 1 036 007 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 12.11.1998 (43) Date of publication: 20.09.2000 Bulletin 2000/38 (21) Application number: 98902104.3 (22) Date of filing: 30.01.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65B 43/12 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9800/290 (87) International publication number: WO 9833/708 (06.08.1998 Gazette 1998/31)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 31.01.1997 GB 9702066 (71) Applicant: DAVID S. SMITH PACKAGING LIMITED London SW1P 2BX (GB)	(72) Inventor: SHIPWAY, Malcolm RudgewayBristol BS12 2RS (GB) (74) Representative: Johnson, Terence Leslie  Edward Evans & Co.,Clifford's Inn,Fetter Lane London EC4A 1BX London EC4A 1BX (GB)