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(11) EP 2 754 936 B8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
14.09.2016 Bulletin 2016/37

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
06.07.2016 Bulletin 2016/27

(21) Application number: 14150438.1

(22) Date of filing: 08.01.2014
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F16L 55/163(2006.01)
F16L 41/00(2006.01)
B29C 45/00(2006.01)
B29L 31/26(2006.01)
 F16L 5/02(2006.01)
F16L 41/08(2006.01)
B29C 45/14(2006.01)

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Expandable sealing mechanism

Expandierbarer Dichtungsmechanismus

Mécanisme d'étanchéité expansible

(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: 10.01.2013 US 201361751056 P
13.03.2013 US 201313799698

(43) Date of publication of application:
16.07.2014 Bulletin 2014/29

(73) Proprietor: Press-Seal Corporation
Fort Wayne, IN 46808 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Blackwood, Graham E.
    Fort Wayne, IN Indiana 46802 (US)
  • Bergfeld, Katherine A.
    Waterville, OH Ohio 43566 (US)
  • Miller, Michael R.
    Churubusco, IN Indiana 46723 (US)
  • Kaczmarczyk, John M.
    Angola, IN Indiana 46703 (US)
  • Skinner, James W.
    Fort Wayne, IN Indiana 46814 (US)

(74) Representative: RACKETTE Patentanwälte PartG mbB 
Postfach 13 10
79013 Freiburg
79013 Freiburg (DE)


(56) References cited: : 
US-A- 4 341 931
US-A1- 2005 006 853
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US-A1- 2006 033 330
   
       
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