Device for applying an embossing to a web of tissue paper and method thereof

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EP 1 245 376 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	21.04.2004 Bulletin 2004/17

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	02.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/40

(21)	Application number: 02005351.8

(22)	Date of filing: 14.03.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B31F 1/07

(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:

30.03.2001 GB 0108058

(71)	Applicant: SCA Hygiene Products GmbH
	68305 Mannheim (DE)

(72)	Inventors:
	Reilly, Ian Widnes, Cheshire (GB) Littlewood, Keith Wigan, WN1 2QW (GB)

(74)	Representative: HOFFMANN - EITLE
	Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München 81925 München (DE)

(54)	Device for applying an embossing to a web of tissue paper and method thereof

(57) A device for applying an embossing to a web of tissue paper (12) comprises a full width anvil roller (14) and a plurality of small widths embossing rollers (16) which are rotationally movable around rotational axes which run parallel to the rotational axis of the anvil roller. The embossing rollers (16) have a width which is substantially smaller than the width of the anvil roller (14) and can be individually positioned against the anvil roller.

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