Method and apparatus for applying a coating material to sheets

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EP 1 531 061 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	22.11.2006 Bulletin 2006/47

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	18.05.2005 Bulletin 2005/20

(21)	Application number: 05000375.5

(22)	Date of filing: 13.07.1995

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B42C 3/00^(2006.01)
B05C 1/14^(2006.01)
B65H 3/10^(2006.01)

B42C 9/00^(2006.01)
B05C 1/02^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT

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Priority:

17.08.1994 US 291610

(62)	Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
	02076789.3 / 1234682
	95926266.8 / 0776274

(71)	Applicant: MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY
	Saint Paul, Minnesota 55144 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Vogel, Mark Saint Paul MN 55133-3427 (US) Tsujimoto, Kim K. Saint Paul MN 55133-3427 (US) Stifter, Gregory F. Saint Paul MN 55133-3427 (US) Pierre, Bernard Saint Paul MN 55133-3427 (US) Leriche, Frederic P. Saint Paul MN 55133-3427 (US)

(74)	Representative: Texier, Christian et al
	Cabinet Régimbeau 20, rue de Chazelles 75847 Paris cedex 17 75847 Paris cedex 17 (FR)

(54)	Method and apparatus for applying a coating material to sheets

(57) Individual sheets (S) of, for example, paper, are coated with repositionable adhesive by overlapping the sheets to form a pseudo-web of sheets and then applying the adhesive in continuous stripes to one side of the pseudo-web. The sheets can then be stacked and trimmed to form pads of repositionable notes.

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