(under subclass 31) Devices in which the cutting means is in the form of a piece of flexible strip material in addition to the supply container or its wrapping but so related thereto that movement of the strip rips or tears the supply container or its wrapping.
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302, for article dispensers having frangible elements for the outlets and not including the breaking or cutting means, the distinction being that in patents classified in that subclass, frangibility may be due to weakening of the material of the supply container or its wrapping rather than to the presence of another attached element.
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229, Envelopes, Wrappers, and Paperboard Boxes,
200+, for severing means for opening a paperboard box.
