METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIVIDING LOGS WITH A PLURALITY OF CUTTING BLADES - Patent 1343706

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EP 1 343 706 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	03.04.2003

(43)	Date of publication:
	17.09.2003 Bulletin 2003/38

(21)	Application number: 01989271.0

(22)	Date of filing: 20.12.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B65G 1/00, B26D 7/06

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0150/598

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0205/1725 (04.07.2002 Gazette 2002/27)

(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:

22.12.2000 US 747594
31.10.2001 US 3454

(71)	Applicant: Kimberly Clark Worldwide, Inc.
	Neenah, WI 54956 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	GAMBARO, Anthony, Mark Appleton, WI 54913 (US) MERTZ, Mark, Edward Greenville, WI 54942 (US) PRILLWITZ, Thomas, Paul Greenville, WI 54942 (US)

(74)	Representative: Davies, Christopher Robert
	Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIVIDING LOGS WITH A PLURALITY OF CUTTING BLADES