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EP 1 259 452 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 16.05.2002 (43) Date of publication: 27.11.2002 Bulletin 2002/48 (21) Application number: 01912772.9 (22) Date of filing: 15.02.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65H 45/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US0104/978 (87) International publication number: WO 0106/0731 (23.08.2001 Gazette 2001/34)

(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 (30) Priority: 18.02.2000 US 506920 (71) Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 (US)	(72) Inventor: WEINIG, Lee, Arnold Menasha, WI 54952 (US) (74) Representative: Davies, Christopher Robert  Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)