STITCHING APPARATUS FOR FORMING A CUT PILE SURFACE STRUCTURE - Patent 1392904

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EP 1 392 904 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	17.04.2003

(43)	Date of publication:
	03.03.2004 Bulletin 2004/10

(21)	Application number: 02744276.3

(22)	Date of filing: 14.05.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: D04B 23/08

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/018396

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2002/092896 (21.11.2002 Gazette 2002/47)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

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Priority:

16.05.2001 US 291382 P

(71)	Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
	WilmingtonDelaware 19898 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	CELESTE, Richard, James Newark, DE 19711 (US) GANTZHORN, John, Edwin Hockessin, DE 19707 (US) PUSTOLSKI, Paul, Felix Newark, DE 19711 (US) ZAFIROGLU, Dimitri, Peter Wilmington, DE 19807 (US)

(74)	Representative: Cockerton, Bruce Roger
	Carpmaels & Ransford,43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	STITCHING APPARATUS FOR FORMING A CUT PILE SURFACE STRUCTURE