ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMKCYALTRBGCZEEHUPLSKBAHRIS..MTNORSMESMMA....MD..........JBDM Ver 0.1.63 (23 May 2017) - 1620000/03243618EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA320180404EP17169243.720170503enenen20160788820160505GB2018040420181420171115201746B26F 1/38 20060101AFI20180228BHEP B26D 7/32 20060101ALI20180228BHEP B31F 1/07 20060101ALI20180228BHEP B26F 1/44 20060101ALI20180228BHEP deVERBESSERUNGEN AN UND IN ZUSAMMENHANG MIT DER HERSTELLUNG VON DECKELNenIMPROVEMENTS IN AND RELATING TO PRODUCTION OF LIDSfrPERFECTIONNEMENTS APPORTÉS OU SE RAPPORTANT À LA PRODUCTION DE COUVERCLES2T.W.Parker (Paper) Limited101666177P32471EP1/REDFarriers Way Estate BootleLiverpool, Merseyside L30 4XLGBHOOD, Phillip Michaelc/o T.W.Parker (Paper) Limited Farriers Way Estate BootleLiverpool, Merseyside L30 4XLGBROCHE, Eugenec/o T.W.Parker (Paper) Limited Farriers Way Estate BootleLiverpool, Merseyside L30 4XLGBAppleyard Lees IP LLP10150396815 Clare RoadHalifax HX1 2HYGBALATBEBGCHCYCZDEDKEEESFIFRGBGRHRHUIEISITLILTLULVMCMKMTNLNOPLPTRORSSESISKSMTRBAMEMAMD20180404201814

Disclosed is an apparatus for forming a lid from a sheet of a flexible material, the apparatus comprising an embosser arranged to emboss a surface of the sheet of the flexible material, and a cutter arranged to separate the lid from the sheet of the flexible material, wherein the cutter comprises: a first cylinder arranged to rotate about a first axis; a cutting die provided on a surface of the first cylinder; and a second cylinder arranged to engage the sheet of the flexible material so that the sheet engages the cutting die on the first cylinder, whereby the cutting die separates the lid from the sheet of the flexible material.

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