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EP 1 494 817 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 12.01.2005 Bulletin 2005/02 (21) Application number: 02807025.8 (22) Date of filing: 13.03.2002

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B05B 11/00 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2002/002759 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/076079 (18.09.2003 Gazette 2003/38)

(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 (71) Applicant: Crown Cork & Seal Technologies Corporation Alsip, IL 60803-2599 (US)	(72) Inventors: JAEGER-WALDAU, Reinhold,Karl 56856 Zell (DE) NATERSKY, Klaus 56858 Grenderich (DE) (74) Representative: Smith, Debra Jane Clare  Crown Packaging UK PLC,Downsview Road Wantage,Oxfordshire OX12 9BP Wantage,Oxfordshire OX12 9BP (GB)