SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIR EMBOSSING FABRICS UTILIZING IMPROVED AIR LANCES - Patent 1196648

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EP 1 196 648 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	17.04.2002 Bulletin 2002/16

(21)	Application number: 00936157.7

(22)	Date of filing: 22.05.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: D06C 23/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0013/993

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0071/802 (30.11.2000 Gazette 2000/48)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

21.05.1999 US 135379 P

(71)	Applicant: Microfibres, Inc.
	Pawtucket,RI 02862 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	LAIRD, William Warwick, RI 02818 (US) MURPHY, George Franklin, MA 02038 (US)

(74)	Representative: Woodward, John Calvin et al
	Venner Shipley & Co.20 Little Britain London EC1A 7DH London EC1A 7DH (GB)

(54)	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIR EMBOSSING FABRICS UTILIZING IMPROVED AIR LANCES