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(11) EP 2 701 868 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
05.03.2014 Bulletin 2014/10

(21) Application number: 12776441.3

(22) Date of filing: 28.02.2012
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B22D 41/58(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2012/026856
(87) International publication number:
WO 2012/148560 (01.11.2012 Gazette 2012/44)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(30) Priority: 29.04.2011 US 201161481136 P

(71) Applicant: VESUVIUS CRUCIBLE COMPANY
Wilmington, DE 19803 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • JANSSEN, Dominique
    McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania 15136 (US)
  • GUILLO, Philippe
    F-75009 Paris (FR)
  • SIMOES, Jose
    B-7330 Saint-Ghislain (BE)

(74) Representative: Debled, Thierry 
Vesuvius Group S.A. Intellectual Property Department Rue de Douvrain, 17
7011 Ghlin
7011 Ghlin (BE)

   


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