IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO THE TESTING OF TOBACCO FIRMNESS - Patent 0185022

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EP 0 185 022 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	25.06.1986 Bulletin 1986/26

(21)	Application number: 85901508.0

(22)	Date of filing: 01.04.1985

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G01N 3/ 08^{( . )}
A24C 5/ 343^{( . )}

A24C 5/ 32^{( . )}
G01N 3/ 16^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB1985/000133

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1985/004714 (24.10.1985 Gazette 1985/23)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE GB IT

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Priority:

09.04.1984 GB 19840009153

(71)	Applicant: AMF INCORPORATED
	White Plains New York 10604 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	NICKOLS, Francis, Malcolm, John Andover, Hampshire SP10 2HH (GB)

(74)	Representative: Matthews, Howard Nicholas, et al
	Page Hargrave 2 Tower Street London WC2H 9NP London WC2H 9NP (GB)

(54)	IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO THE TESTING OF TOBACCO FIRMNESS