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A device for the automatic control of an operating head of a cutter to form pieces of tubes of reduced lengths starting from a tube externally corrugated, continuously received from a moulding machine
EP 0707914 B1 · Applicant: SICA S.P.A.
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- Filed July 27, 1995 and granted October 6, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 27, 2015.
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FiledJuly 27, 1995
PublishedApril 24, 1996
GrantedOctober 6, 1999
Term endedJuly 27, 2015
Application numberEP 95830334
Classification (CPC)B23D36/00 +2 more
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