(19)
(11) EP 1 234 779 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
published in accordance with Art. 158(3) EPC

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
19.02.2003 Bulletin 2003/08

(43) Date of publication:
28.08.2002 Bulletin 2002/35

(21) Application number: 00969873.9

(22) Date of filing: 18.10.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65D 71/08
(86) International application number:
PCT/JP0007/253
(87) International publication number:
WO 0103/2527 (10.05.2001 Gazette 2001/19)
(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: 02.11.1999 JP 31273899
24.03.2000 JP 2000085093
29.09.2000 JP 2000300192

(71) Applicant: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Kadoma-shi, Osaka 571-8501 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • ONO, Tadashi
    Hirakata-shi, Osaka 573-1103 (JP)
  • KUMAKURA, Katsuhiko
    Seikacho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0237 (JP)
  • KOUDA, Minoru
    Hirakata-shi, Osaka 573-0064 (JP)
  • KAWANO, Tomotaka
    Yawata-shi, Kyoto 614-8055 (JP)
  • KATORI, Shoji
    Takatsuki-shi, Osaka 569-0846 (JP)

(74) Representative: Price, Paul Anthony King et al
D. Young & Co., 21 New Fetter Lane
London EC4A 1DA
London EC4A 1DA (GB)

   


(54) PACKAGE OF CYLINDRICAL ARTICLE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR


(57) To retain the virginity of cylindrical articles packed in a cylindrical article package, the present invention provides a package of a novel structure and a fabrication method for the same. More specifically, the present specification discloses a package wherein a film has a slit at least either one of an upper end face and a lower end face of the package in a portion thereof corresponding to a boundary between the adjacent cylindrical articles, and more specifically, a package wherein the film has a slit along the boundary between the adjacent cylindrical articles, and is curved in such a manner as to conform to the outer circumferential surfaces of the cylindrical articles located adjacent to the boundary .