PROCESS FOR SPLICING THE BOTTOM END PORTION OF THE FIRST STACK OF WEB MATERIAL AND THE TOP END PORTION OF THE SECOND STACK OF THE MATERIAL - Patent 1235733

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EP 1 235 733 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	04.09.2002 Bulletin 2002/36

(21)	Application number: 00984032.3

(22)	Date of filing: 08.12.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B65H 45/101, B65H 21/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0033/251

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0104/2119 (14.06.2001 Gazette 2001/24)

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

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Priority:

10.12.1999 EP 99124638

(71)	Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
	Cincinnati,Ohio 45202 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	SCAIFE, Martin Ashford, Kent TN27 8PQ (GB)

(74)	Representative: Hirsch, Uwe Thomas
	Procter & Gamble European Service GmbH,Sulzbacher Strasse 40-50 65824 Schwalbach am Taunus 65824 Schwalbach am Taunus (DE)

(54)	PROCESS FOR SPLICING THE BOTTOM END PORTION OF THE FIRST STACK OF WEB MATERIAL AND THE TOP END PORTION OF THE SECOND STACK OF THE MATERIAL