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(11) EP 3 142 931 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
22.03.2017 Bulletin 2017/12

(21) Application number: 15792753.4

(22) Date of filing: 15.05.2015
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B65B 43/00(2006.01)
B65B 1/02(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2015/030991
(87) International publication number:
WO 2015/175890 (19.11.2015 Gazette 2015/46)
(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
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
MA

(30) Priority: 15.05.2014 US 201461993321 P

(71) Applicants:
  • The Hershey Company
    Hershey, PA 17033 (US)
  • General Mills, Inc.
    Minneapolis, MN 55426 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • LORBACH, Rolland
    Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033 (US)
  • HAND, Sandra K.
    Palmyra, Pennsylvania 17078 (US)
  • RUAN JONES, Stuart Michael
    Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033 (US)
  • BRUNKEN, Sheryl S.
    Delano, Minnesota 55328 (US)
  • GAYLOR, Anthony D.
    Lakeville, Minnesota 55044 (US)
  • MILLER, Thomas
    Maple Grove, Minnesota 55311 (US)
  • FAWCUS, Philip Russell
    Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB22 6SF (GB)
  • CLARKE, Steven Jonathan
    Marlow Buckinghamshire SL7 1JX (GB)
  • MORDUE, Adrian
    Longstanton Cambridgeshire CB24 3ET (GB)
  • PEEBLES, Donald Scott
    Bradenton, Florida 34202 (US)
  • FEDOR, Scott
    Palmyra, Pennsylvania 17078 (US)
  • STONEHOUSE, David Richard
    Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3BS (GB)

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