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EP 1 663 809 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 07.06.2006 Bulletin 2006/23 (21) Application number: 03762682.7 (22) Date of filing: 26.06.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B65D 65/46(1980.01) (86) International application number: PCT/EP2003/007798 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/005156 (15.01.2004 Gazette 2004/03)

(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 (30) Priority: 03.07.2002 EP 22546808 (71) Applicant: CROWN Packaging Technology, Inc. Alsip, IL 60803-2599 (US)	(72) Inventors: RAMSAY, Christopher Paul Wantage, Oxfordshire OX12 8DP (GB) GUGLIELMINI, Bernard 21800 Crimolois (FR) (74) Representative: Greenwood, Matthew David et al K.R. Bryer & Co. 7 Gay Street Bath BA1 2PH Bath BA1 2PH (GB)