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EP 1 404 588 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 01.05.2003 (43) Date of publication: 07.04.2004 Bulletin 2004/15 (21) Application number: 02747459.2 (22) Date of filing: 02.07.2002

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65D 50/04 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2002/007463 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/006334 (23.01.2003 Gazette 2003/04)

(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: 09.07.2001 EP 01305920 (71) Applicant: Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation Alsip, IL 60803-2599 (US)	(72) Inventor: RAMSEY, Christopher Paul Wantage, Oxfordshire OX12 8DP (GB) (74) Representative: Smith, Debra Jane Clare  Carnaudmetalbox PLC,Downsview Road Wantage,Oxfordshire OX12 9BP Wantage,Oxfordshire OX12 9BP (GB)