(84) | Designated Contracting States: | | DE FR GB IT |
(30) | Priority: | 23.01.1996 JP 889696 26.02.1996 JP 3772696 26.02.1996 JP 3773096
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(43) | Date of publication of application: | | 23.04.2003 Bulletin 2003/17 |
(62) | Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC: | | 97900751.5 / 0821763 |
(73) | Proprietor: MATSUSHITA REFRIGERATION COMPANY | | Kusatsu-shi,
Shiga 525-8555 (JP) |
| (72) | Inventors: | | - Tanaka, Yasuhiko
Nara-shi,
Nara 631 (JP) - Kita, Ichiro
Shiki-gun,
Nara 636-03 (JP) - Umeoka, Ikutomo
Kanagawa 251-0042 (JP)
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(74) | Representative: Eisenführ, Speiser & Partner | | Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte
Postfach 10 60 78 28060 Bremen 28060 Bremen (DE) |
(56) | References cited:
: EP-A- 0 582 712 US-A- 5 213 125
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| | | | - PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 012, no. 078 (M-675), 11 March 1988 (1988-03-11) & JP 62 218683 A (TOSHIBA CORP), 26 September 1987 (1987-09-26)
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