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(43) Date of publication: 12.12.2001 Bulletin 2001/50 (21) Application number: 00904408.2 (22) Date of filing: 19.01.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65B 41/16, B65B 51/30, B65B 67/02 (86) International application number: PCT/US0001/230 (87) International publication number: WO 0041/931 (20.07.2000 Gazette 2000/29)

(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: 19.01.1999 US 116275 P (71) Applicant: Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems, Inc. Shelton, CT 06484-0903 (US)	(72) Inventors: LAY, Roger, F. Woodbury, CT 06798 (US) WHITE, Philip, L. Prospect, CT 06712 (US) BARKER, Donald Sandy Hook, CT 06482 (US) HEBERT, Robert, J. Southbury, CT 06488 (US) (74) Representative: Beetz & PartnerPatentanwälte  Steinsdorfstrasse 10 80538 München 80538 München (DE)