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(43) Date of publication: 21.01.1987 Bulletin 1987/04 (21) Application number: 86900618.0 (22) Date of filing: 09.01.1986

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F16C 7/ 00( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1986/000013 (87) International publication number: WO 1986/004122 (17.07.1986 Gazette 1986/17)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE (30) Priority: 11.01.1985 GB 19850000684 (71) Applicant: The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and London SW1H OET (GB)	(72) Inventor: SCOWEN, Geoffrey Daid Shropshire WV15 5NN (GB)