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EP 1 497 212 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 19.01.2005 Bulletin 2005/03 (21) Application number: 03714404.5 (22) Date of filing: 27.03.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65H 37/04 (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/009263 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/091139 (06.11.2003 Gazette 2003/45)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK (30) Priority: 25.04.2002 JP 2002123403 (71) Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company St. Paul, MN 55133-3427 (US)	(72) Inventor: FUJINO, Takayoshi, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229-1116 (JP) (74) Representative: VOSSIUS & PARTNER  Siebertstrasse 4 81675 München 81675 München (DE)