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EP 0 112 908 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 11.07.1984 Bulletin 1984/28 (21) Application number: 83902473.0 (22) Date of filing: 13.06.1983

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G01B 3/ 10( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1983/000932 (87) International publication number: WO 1984/000208 (19.01.1984 Gazette 1984/02)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB NL SE (30) Priority: 25.06.1982 US 19820392342 (71) Applicant: HIRD, Edwin Augustus Chatsworth, CA 91311 (US)	(72) Inventor: HIRD, Edwin Augustus Chatsworth, CA 91311 (US) (74) Representative: Baillie, Iain Cameron, et al  c/o Ladas & Parry Altheimer Eck 2 D-80331 München D-80331 München (DE)