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EP 1 232 110 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 21.08.2002 Bulletin 2002/34 (21) Application number: 00958460.8 (22) Date of filing: 17.08.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65H 45/101 (86) International application number: PCT/EP0008/015 (87) International publication number: WO 0103/8215 (31.05.2001 Gazette 2001/22)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 26.11.1999 DE 19956846 (71) Applicant: GEVAS Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH 33790 Halle (DE)	(72) Inventor: SANDER, Thomas D-33619 Bielefeld (DE) (74) Representative: Dantz, Jan Henning et al Jöllenbecker Strasse 164 33613 Bielefeld 33613 Bielefeld (DE)