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(43) Date of publication: 27.06.2001 Bulletin 2001/26 (21) Application number: 99939017.2 (22) Date of filing: 06.08.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: D21F 11/00, B65H 18/28 (86) International application number: PCT/US9917/730 (87) International publication number: WO 0008/253 (17.02.2000 Gazette 2000/07)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 06.08.1998 US 129814 06.10.1998 US 166863 (71) Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 (US)	(72) Inventors: BURAZIN, Mark, Alan Appleton, WI 54915 (US) VAN RENGEN, Edward, Joseph Appleton, WI 54914 (US) (74) Representative: Davies, Christopher Robert  Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)