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(43) Date of publication: 11.10.2006 Bulletin 2006/41 (21) Application number: 05700966.4 (22) Date of filing: 17.01.2005

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B31D 1/00(2006.01) B21D 51/38(2006.01) B65B 61/18(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/EP2005/000386 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/070662 (04.08.2005 Gazette 2005/31)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR (30) Priority: 26.01.2004 EP 04250405 (71) Applicant: CROWN Packaging Technology, Inc. Alsip, IL 60803-2599 (US)	(72) Inventor: HALL, Jason John Sandford-on-Thames, Oxfordshire OX4 4XZ (GB) (74) Representative: Ratliff, Ismay Hilary  CROWN Packaging UK plc, Downsview Road Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9BP Wantage, Oxon, OX12 9BP (GB)