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(12) Patent Application: (11) CA 3006172
(54) English Title: CONTAINER FOR PASTY OR SEMI-LIQUID PRODUCTS
(54) French Title: RECIPIENT POUR PRODUITS PATEUX OU SEMI-LIQUIDES
Status: Dead
Bibliographic Data
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):
  • B65D 5/18 (2006.01)
  • B65D 85/72 (2006.01)
  • B65D 5/42 (2006.01)
  • B65D 5/74 (2006.01)
  • B65D 5/76 (2006.01)
(72) Inventors :
  • GHINI, MARCO (Italy)
  • NEGRINI, STEFANO (Italy)
(73) Owners :
  • G.D S.P.A. (Italy)
(71) Applicants :
  • G.D S.P.A. (Italy)
(74) Agent: OYEN WIGGS GREEN & MUTALA LLP
(74) Associate agent:
(45) Issued:
(86) PCT Filing Date: 2016-11-29
(87) Open to Public Inspection: 2017-06-08
Availability of licence: N/A
(25) Language of filing: English

Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT): Yes
(86) PCT Filing Number: PCT/IB2016/057185
(87) International Publication Number: WO2017/093893
(85) National Entry: 2018-05-23

(30) Application Priority Data:
Application No. Country/Territory Date
102015000080423 Italy 2015-12-04

Abstracts

English Abstract

The invention relates to a container (2, 19) for pasty or semi-liquid products, having a substantially tubular shape and extending along a longitudinal axis (A). The container comprises: a first longitudinal end (50) which is closed and flattened; a second longitudinal end (51), opposite to the first longitudinal end (50) and comprising an opening (14) and a dispensing element (15); a first side wall (60) and a second side wall (61), opposite each other and interposed between the first longitudinal end (50) and the second longitudinal end (51). The container comprises, at the first side wall (60) and second side wall (61), a plurality of first lines of weakness (5, 5', 5", 5"') which are transverse to the longitudinal axis (A) and which define a plurality of corresponding zones (7, 8, 10, 11) which are selectively squeezable, in twos, towards each other and progressively from the first longitudinal end (50) to the second longitudinal end (51), defining corresponding stable configurations for the zones (7, 8, 10, 11). Furthermore, the container comprises, at the first side wall (60) and second side wall (61), a plurality of second lines of weakness (3, 9, 11a, 20) transverse to the first lines of weakness.


French Abstract

L'invention concerne un récipient (2, 19) destiné à des produits pâteux ou semi-liquides, présentant une forme sensiblement tubulaire et s'étendant le long d'un axe longitudinal (A). Le récipient comprend : une première extrémité longitudinale (50) qui est fermée et aplatie; une seconde extrémité longitudinale (51), opposée à la première extrémité longitudinale (50) et comprenant une ouverture (14) et un élément de distribution (15); une première paroi latérale (60) et une seconde paroi latérale (61), opposées l'une à l'autre et intercalée entre la première extrémité longitudinale (50) et la seconde extrémité longitudinale (51). Le récipient comporte, au niveau de la première paroi latérale (60) et de la seconde paroi latérale (61), une pluralité de premières lignes de faiblesse (5, 5', 5", 5"') qui sont transversales à l'axe longitudinal (A) et qui définissent une pluralité de zones (7, 8, 10, 11) correspondantes qui sont sélectivement compressibles, deux à deux, l'une vers l'autre et de manière progressive de la première extrémité longitudinale (50) à la seconde extrémité longitudinale (51), définissant des configurations stables correspondantes pour les zones (7, 8, 10, 11). En outre, le récipient comprend, au niveau de la première paroi latérale (60) et de la seconde paroi latérale (61), une pluralité de secondes lignes de faiblesse (3, 9, 11a, 20) transversales aux premières lignes de faiblesse.

Claims

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CLAIMS
1. A container for pasty or semi-liquid products, having a substantially
tubular shape and extending along a longitudinal axis (A), the container
(2, 19) comprising:
a first longitudinal end (50) which is closed and flattened;
a second longitudinal end (51), opposite to the first longitudinal end (50)
and comprising an opening (14) and a dispensing element (15);
a first side wall (60) and a second side wall (61), opposite each other and
interposed between the first longitudinal end (50) and the second
longitudinal end (51);
characterized in that it comprises, at the first side wall (60) and second
side wall (61), a plurality of first lines of weakness (5, 5', 5", 5") which
are
transverse to the longitudinal axis (A) and which define a plurality of
corresponding zones (7, 8, 10, 11) on the first side wall (60) and second
side wall (61); the first lines of weakness (5, 5', 5", 5") being such that
the
zones (7, 8, 10, 11) are selectively squeezable, in twos, towards each
other and progressively from the first longitudinal end (50) to the second
longitudinal end (51), defining corresponding stable configurations for the
zones (7, 8, 10, 11); and there being also provided, at the first side wall
(60) and second side wall (61), a plurality of second lines of weakness (3,
9, 11a, 20) transverse to the first lines of weakness (5, 5', 5", 5") of the
container (2; 19).
2. The container according to claim 1, characterized in that the lateral
edges of the first side wall (60) are directly connected to the lateral edges
of the second side wall (61).

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3. The container according to claim 2, characterized in that the lateral
edges of the first side wall (60) are sealed to the lateral edges of the
second side wall (61).
4. The container according to claim 3, characterized in that the second
lines of weakness (3, 9, 11a) are perpendicular to the first lines of
weakness (5, 5', 5", 5").
5. The container according to claim 3, characterized in that the second
lines of weakness (20) are oblique to the first lines of weakness (5, 5', 5",
5õ,).
6. The container according to any one of the preceding claims,
characterized in that the zones (7, 8, 10, 11) define sections of the
container corresponding to predetermined doses of the product inside the
container.
7. The container according to claim 6, characterized in that the quantity
corresponding to the predetermined doses of product is shown on the first
side wall (60) and/or on the second side wall (61) of the container (2, 19),
for example by means of a printed scale in millilitres.
8. The container according to any one of the preceding claims,
characterized in that it is made from a blank (1, 18) of sheet material.
9. The container according to claim 8, characterized in that the sheet
material is defined by a plurality of superposed layers.

Description

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DESCRIPTION
CONTAINER FOR PASTY OR SEMI-LIQUID PRODUCTS
Technical field
This invention relates to a container for pasty or semi-liquid products,
preferably made of a multilayer material having a paper component and at
least one other component consisting of heat-sealable plastic material.
The product contained may, for example, be a food product (for example,
tomato paste, mustard or other condiments) or any of a variety of other
products (for example, toothpaste, shoe polish).
Background art
As is known, it is common practice to package products of this kind in
containers of substantially tubular shape, closed at one end and provided,
at the other end, with a dispensing element which has a cap associated
with it.
These containers, whose contents are extracted by manually squeezing
the tube to cause the product contained to be discharged through the
dispensing element, are usually made of plastic or metal and making them
is a relatively complex and expensive process.
Furthermore, in many cases, when the product is dispensed, the product
discharged is replaced by air which is sucked in and finds its way to the
closed end of the container. If the product inside the container is quickly
perishable, the presence of air inside the containers is likely to trigger the

process which spoils the remaining product.
When a container of this kind for pasty or semi-liquid products is made of
flexible plastic material, it is impossible to remove the air present inside
the container after some of the contents have been discharged because
the flexibility prevents lasting deformation capable of permanently
displacing the air.

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Moreover, it is often impossible to extract all the product from the
container.
If the container in question is made of thin aluminium sheeting, on the
other hand, the closed end of the container can be rolled up: this
operation is, however, relatively impractical and unsatisfactory.
Patent US3065898 discloses a container made of a deformable material
such as aluminium foil and provided with a plurality of lines of weakness
transverse to its longitudinal axis. These lines of weakness divide the first
side wall into zones which can be pressed selectively in pairs towards
each other in such a way as to squeeze the pasty product out of the
container. These transverse lines of weakness are useful for the set
purpose but are not well suited to guarantee accurate dispensing of
precise doses of the product.
Disclosure of the invention
The aim of this invention is to overcome the above mentioned
disadvantages.
This aim is achieved by proposing a container for pasty or semi-liquid
products according to the accompanying claims.
Advantageously, the container proposed by the invention allows
discharging all the product from it, as well as discharging the air while the
product is being dispensed. Consequently, product wastage and spoilage
are avoided.
Moreover, the container of this invention is simple and inexpensive to
make compared to prior art solutions.
Brief description of the drawings
The invention is described below with reference to the accompanying
drawings, which illustrate two non-limiting embodiments of it and in which:

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- Figure 1 represents a blank which can be used to make a first
embodiment of the container of this invention;
- Figures 2 to 7 illustrate a container obtained using the blank of Figure
1
during different steps in its production and use;
- Figure 8 illustrates a blank which can be used to make a second
embodiment of the container according this invention; and
- Figures 9 to 12 illustrate a container obtained using the blank of Figure

8 during different steps in its production.
Detailed description of preferred embodiments of the invention
Illustrated in Figures 2-7 and 9-12 is a container 2, 19 for pasty or semi-
liquid products which has a substantially tubular shape and extends along
a longitudinal axis A.
The container 2, 19 comprises a first longitudinal end 50 which is closed
and flattened and a second longitudinal end 51, opposite to the first
longitudinal end 50 and comprising an opening 14 and a dispensing
element 15.
The container 2, 19 also comprises a first side wall 60 and a second side
wall 61, opposite each other and interposed between the first longitudinal
end 50 and the second longitudinal end 51.
More specifically, the container 2 comprises, at the first side wall 60 and
second side wall 61, a plurality of first lines of weakness 5, 5', 5", 5"
which are transverse to the longitudinal axis A and which define a plurality
of corresponding zones 7, 8, 10, 11 on the first side wall 60 and second
side wall 61; the first lines of weakness 5, 5', 5", 5" are such that the
zones (7, 8, 10, 11) of the first and second side walls 60 and 61 are
selectively squeezable, in twos, towards each other and progressively
from the first longitudinal end 50 to the second longitudinal end 51,
defining corresponding stable configurations for the zones 7, 8, 10, 11.

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The opening 14 is, obviously, located at the dispensing element 15 to
allow the product to be dispensed.
Squeezing the zones 7, 8, 10, 11 (that is, their compression towards each
other) causes the product to be discharged through the opening 14 at the
dispensing element 15.
By "stable configurations" of the zones 7, 8, 10, 11 is meant that once
squeezed towards each other, the zones 7, 8, 10, 11 remain in the
position determined by the squeezing action. That means, in other words,
that the zones 7, 8, 10, 11 of the first side wall 60 and of the second wall
61 each have two stable configurations: a first configuration, defined
before they are squeezed towards each other, and a second
configuration, defined after they have been squeezed towards each other.
The term "lines of weakness" is used to denote lines along which the
material the article (in this case, the container) is made of is weakened in
order to facilitate bending the material to make it adopt a predetermined
configuration.
Advantageously, the fact that the zones 7, 8, 10, 11 are squeezable
selectively in twos towards each other and progressively from the first
longitudinal end 50 to the second longitudinal end 51, adopting a stable
configuration after being squeezed, allows the product to be optimally
dispensed from the container while at the same discharging the air from
inside the container.
Consequently, product wastage and spoilage are avoided.
Preferably, the zones of the first side wall 60 are aligned with the zones of
the side wall 61: that is to say, each zone of the first side wall 60 is
opposite to a corresponding zone of the second side wall 61.
The dispensing element 15 may be provided with a cap 16. The cap 16
may, for example, be screwable to the rest of the dispensing element 15.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the lateral edges of the first
side wall 60 are directly connected to the lateral edges of the second side

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wall 61. For example, the lateral edges of the first side wall 60 are directly

connected to the lateral edges of the second side wall 61 by a seal (as
will become clearer as this description continues). Advantageously, this
specification prevents "concertina-like" folds (that is, portions flattened
5 along the longitudinal direction of extension of the container), which
might
block the discharge of air and product when the zones 7, 8, 10, 11 are
compressed.
Preferably, when the zones 7, 8, 10, 11 are squeezed, the first side wall
60 and the second side wall 61 are in contact with each other. In that
case, product and air can be completely discharged from the container.
Preferably, at the first side wall 60 and second side wall 61, the container
2, 19 comprises a plurality of second lines of weakness 3, 9, 11a, 20
transverse to the first lines of weakness 5, 5', 5", 5" of the container 2;
19.
These second lines of weakness 3, 9, 11a, 20 facilitate squeezing (that is,
compression) of the zones 7, 8, 10, 11.
For example, the second lines of weakness 3, 9, lla are perpendicular to
the first lines of weakness 5, 5', 5", 5". Alternatively, the second lines of
weakness 20 are oblique to the first lines of weakness 5, 5', 5", 5".
In the preferred embodiment, the zones 7, 8, 10, 11 define sections of the
container corresponding to predetermined doses of product. Thus, the
container 2, 19 can advantageously be used to dispense precise doses of
product, thereby avoiding undesirable wastage.
For example, the quantity corresponding to the predetermined doses of
product may be indicated on the first side wall 60 and/or on the second
side wall 61 of the container 2, 19, for example by means of a printed
scale in millilitres.
For example, the second longitudinal end 51 is preferably quadrilateral
(square or rectangular) in shape, as in the case illustrated.

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Preferably, the container 2, 19 is made from a blank 1, 18 of sheet
material, as described in detail below (illustrated, for example, in Figures
1, 2, 8).
Preferably, the sheet material is defined by a plurality of superposed
layers. For example, the material is a multilayer material having a paper
component and at least one other component consisting of heat-sealable
plastic material.
With reference to Figure 1, the blank 1 from which the container 2 can be
made is rectangular in shape.
The blank 1, viewed with its longitudinal dimension disposed vertically in
Figure 1, has two longitudinal lines of weakness 3 juxtaposed with
respective vertical edges 4 of the blank 1 itself, and a plurality of
transverse lines of weakness, generically denoted by the reference
numeral 5, which connect the vertical edges 4 to each other. The top and
bottom transverse lines 5 of the blank 1 are juxtaposed with respective
horizontal edges 6 of the blank 1 itself.
The two bottom transverse lines of weakness 5 and the vertical edges 4
together define a rectangular zone or panel 7 and, similarly, the two top
transverse lines of weakness 5 and the vertical edges 4 together define a
rectangular zone or panel 8.
Between the transverse lines 5 which respectively delimit the top of the
panel 7 and the bottom of the panel 8, the blank 1 comprises a plurality of
transverse lines of weakness 5 equispaced from each other in pairs.
There are nine of these lines 5 in Figure 1 (this number should not be
considered binding). The transverse line of weakness vertically half way
up in Figure 1 is labelled 5', whilst the two transverse lines 5 adjacent to
the line 5' and positioned, relative to the line 5', on the side of the
transverse line 5 which delimits the top of the panel 7 and on the side of
the transverse line 5 which delimits the bottom of the panel 8 are labelled
5" and 5", respectively.

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Between the transverse lines 5 which respectively delimit the top of the
panel 7 and the bottom of the panel 8, the blank 1 also comprises two
lines of weakness 9 parallel to the longitudinal lines of weakness 3 and
each juxtaposed with one of these lines of weakness 3 and situated
between the lines of weakness 3 themselves. Each line of weakness 9 is
spaced from the line of weakness 3 juxtaposed therewith by a stretch
having (for example) a length which is substantially equal to the distance
between two mutually juxtaposed transverse lines of weakness 5, so that
each line of weakness 3, the line of weakness 9 juxtaposed therewith and
the transverse lines of weakness 5 which intersect the lines 3 and 9
themselves together define a plurality of substantially square zones or
panels 10 whose perimeters are defined by lines of weakness formed in
the surface of the blank 1.
From the median regions of the transverse lines 5 which respectively
delimit the top of the panel 7 and the bottom of the panel 8 there extend
two further lines of weakness 11a parallel to the longitudinal lines of
weakness 3 and stretching as far as the transverse lines 5" and 5",
respectively.
The lines of weakness 11a are spaced from the lines of weakness 3
juxtaposed therewith by stretches having (for example) a length which is
substantially equal to the distance between two mutually juxtaposed
transverse lines of weakness 5, so that each line of weakness 11a, the
line of weakness 3 juxtaposed therewith and the transverse lines of
weakness 5 which intersect the lines 3 and 11a themselves together
define a plurality of substantially square zones or panels 11 whose
perimeters are defined by lines of weakness formed in the surface of the
blank 1.
Each of the panels 10 and 11 has a diagonal 12 defined by a line of
weakness.

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In the two panels 10 which each have one side defined by a portion of the
transverse line 5" and the opposite side defined by a portion of the
transverse line 5', the diagonals 12 have one end located at a point of
intersection between the transverse line 5" itself and the line of weakness
9, and the other end located on the line of weakness 3; and in the two
panels 10 which each have one side defined by a portion of the
transverse line 5" and the opposite side defined by a portion of the
transverse line 5', the diagonals 12 have one end located at a point of
intersection between the transverse line 5" itself and the line of weakness
9, and the other end located on the line of weakness 3.
At each of the points of intersection of one longitudinal line of weakness 3
with one between the top and bottom transverse lines of weakness 5 of
the blank 1 there are located respective ends of arcuate lines of
weakness 13, the other end of each of which coincides with an endpoint
of the longitudinal line of weakness 9 located in proximity to the line 3
itself. The concavity of each arcuate line 13 faces towards the longitudinal
line 3 on which one end of the arcuate line 13 itself lies.
In a central region of the blank 1, straddling the line of weakness 5', the
blank 1 itself may comprise a circular region 14 intended to form a hole.
For example, at this circular region 14, a dispensing element 15 may be
fixed which is provided with a cap 16 that is screwable to the rest of the
dispensing element 15 and provided with suitable teeth (not illustrated).
The teeth on the cap 16 are used to make the hole in the circular region
14 when the cap 16 is unscrewed for the first time (that is, the first time
the container is opened). This circular region 14 is designed to guarantee
the asepticity of the products, especially of food products.
With reference to Figures 2-4, the container 2 is constructed from a blank
1 by folding the blank 1 through 180 about the transverse line 5' in such
a way that the portions of the blank 1 extending between the line 5' and

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respective horizontal edges 6 of the blank 1 are positioned face to face
(Figure 2).
Preferably, according to an embodiment of the container described above,
the edges of the blank 1 on the outside of the lines of weakness 3 and of
the top and bottom transverse lines 5 are subjected to heat and
compression by means of a customary sealing device not illustrated in
order to form sealed regions around the upper and lateral portions of the
folded blank 1. In other words, this forms the seal between the lateral
edges of the first side wall 60 and the lateral edges of the second side
wall 61, according to the previously described embodiment of the
container.
The portion of the blank 1 included between the transverse lines 5" and
5" and the lines of weakness 9 and made up of two superposed
rectangular panels P separated by the transverse line 5' is thus laid out
flat, whilst the lateral portions of the blank 1 folded in the manner
described above are folded in known manner as shown in Figure 3. In this
situation, the container 2 being formed has two substantially triangular
wings 17 at the bottom of it which protrude axially from the body of the
container 2 being formed.
Next, the wings 17 are folded about the respective portions of line 9 which
partly delimit them through 180 and flat against respective flanks of the
container 2 being formed (Figure 4) and then sealed or glued to the flanks
themselves.
As shown in Figures 5-7, after the container 2 has been used to dispense
the product inside the container 2 itself through the dispensing element
15, the container 2 can be acted upon to also prevent or at least
appreciably reduce the presence of air in contact with the product
remaining inside it.
This action consists in manually compressing the container 2 under the
mutually sealed horizontal edges 6 of the blank 1 along a direction

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perpendicular to the large faces of the container 2 itself in such a way as
to press together first the panels 7 and 8 (Figure 5).
Continuing to empty the container 2 can be done by continuing to
compress the zones of it further away from the panels 7 and 8 (Figures 6
5 and 7) in such a way as to successively press together zones of the blank
1 included between pairs of mutually adjacent transverse lines 5 located
in zones corresponding to the opposite large side walls of the container 2.
It should be noted that the transverse lines of weakness 5 have the
function of weakening the container 2 in predetermined zones and, thanks
10 to their shape, allow controlling the squeezing action applied to it. If
necessary, the folding lines of weakness 5, 9, 11 a, 12, 13 which define
the selectively and progressively squeezable zones 7, 8, 10, 11 may
define predetermined or residual doses of product; preferably these doses
are indicated on the container 2, 19 (for example by means of a printed
scale in millilitres).
Further, the lines of weakness defining the diagonals 12 and the lines of
weakness (forming part of the lines 5, 3, 9 and 11a) which delimit the
panels 10 and 11 have the function of weakening the large side walls of
the container 2 to make it easier to squeeze and manipulate. In effect,
thanks to these lines of weakness, it is possible to discharge all of the
content without damaging the container 2 because its rigidity is locally
reduced by the lines of weakness themselves which, besides, also give it
an aesthetically more pleasing appearance than a container without such
lines of weakness would have.
Figure 8 shows a blank 18 constituting a variant of the blank 1 and usable
to make a container 19 illustrated in Figures 9-12. The container 19
constitutes a variant of the container 2 made from the variant 18 of the
blank.
In the blank 18, whose description uses, where possible, the same
reference numerals as those used to describe the blank 1, the arcuate

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lines 13 of the blank 2 and the portions of the longitudinal lines of
weakness 9 included, respectively, between the panels 7, 8 and the
transverse lines of weakness 5" and 5" are substituted by four straight
lines of weakness 20, each extending between a respective point of
intersection between a vertical edge 4 and a horizontal edge 6 and the
corner nearest that point on one of the rectangular panels P.
Owing to the presence and shape of the lines of weakness 20, the panels
and 11 of the blank 18 have a different shape from the substantially
square shape of the panels 10 and 11 of the blank 1, and more precisely,
10 they have the shape of right-angled trapeziums.
Generally speaking, the lines of weakness 3, 9, 11a, 20 are transverse to
the lines of weakness 5, 5', 5", 5" of the containers 2, 19 in which they are
formed. More specifically, in the blank 1, the lines of weakness 3, 9, 11a
are perpendicular to the lines of weakness 5, 5', 5", 5", whereas in the
blank 18, the lines of weakness 20 are oblique to the lines of weakness 5,
5,7 5"7 5õ,7
The blank 18 is used to make the container 19, illustrated in Figures 9-12
during different steps in its production.
The container 19 is assembled in the same way as described above with
reference to the container 2 and it is used in the same way as the
container 2.
The shape of the large walls of the container 19, and the shape of the
container 19 as a whole, is much like an isosceles trapezium.
The second longitudinal end 51 of the container 19 is preferably
quadrilateral (square or rectangular) in shape.
From what is set out in the foregoing, it is evident that the containers 2
and 19 described above do not suffer from the previously mentioned
disadvantages of the prior art.

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Once their contents have been discharged completely, the containers 2
and 19 are substantially flattened, without folded or rolled up sections
perpendicular to their longitudinal direction of extension.
Moreover, the containers 2 and 19 described allow their contents to be
squeezed out progressively and emptied completely and conveniently
without allowing air to enter and/or stagnate inside them.
The possibility of squeezing the contents out easily and completely is
particularly useful when the containers 2, 19 contain a product that would
not otherwise be discharged ¨ for example, thick tomato paste, ketchup or
mayonnaise.
Furthermore, providing the containers 2 and 19 with dispensing elements
and caps 16 of suitable shape makes it possible to keep the containers
2 and 19 in what is usually known as the "top down" position.

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(87) PCT Publication Date 2017-06-08
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