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(88) Date of publication A3: 25.08.2005 (43) Date of publication: 26.07.2006 Bulletin 2006/30 (21) Application number: 04790647.4 (22) Date of filing: 19.10.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B65D 6/40(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/EP2004/011832 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/044676 (19.05.2005 Gazette 2005/20)

(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 PL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: HR MK (30) Priority: 20.10.2003 EP 03023837 (71) Applicant: Ball Packaging Europe GmbH 40880 Ratingen (DE)	(72) Inventors: BAST, Bertold 53117 Bonn (DE) BERKEFELD, Rainer 53604 Bad Honnef (DE) MERTENS, Norbert 53359 Rheinbach (DE) (74) Representative: Leonhard, Frank Reimund et al Leonhard - Olgemöller - Fricke Patentanwälte Postfach 10 09 62 80083 München 80083 München (DE)