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EP 1 038 121 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 27.09.2000 Bulletin 2000/39 (21) Application number: 97952419.6 (22) Date of filing: 12.12.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F16F 15/32, C09J 7/02 (86) International application number: PCT/US9722/929 (87) International publication number: WO 9931/406 (24.06.1999 Gazette 1999/25)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE ES FR GB IT (71) Applicant: MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY St. Paul,Minnesota 55133-3427 (US)	(72) Inventors: GATZKE, Kenneth, G. Woodbury, MN 55125 (US) WOLLNER, Mark, R. Woodbury, MN 55125 (US) (74) Representative: Hilleringmann, Jochen, Dipl.-Ing. et al Patentanwältevon Kreisler-Selting-Werner,Bahnhofsvorplatz 1 (Deichmannhaus) 50667 Köln 50667 Köln (DE)