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EP 0 236 478 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 16.09.1987 Bulletin 1987/38 (21) Application number: 86906054.0 (22) Date of filing: 09.09.1986

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  D06N 7/ 00( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1986/001849 (87) International publication number: WO 1987/001334 (12.03.1987 Gazette 1987/06)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE (30) Priority: 09.09.1985 US 19850773984 (71) Applicant: TARKETT, INC. Parsippany, NJ 07504 (US)	(72) Inventors: LUSSI, Edward, Franz Bethlehem, PA 18018 (US) SMITH, Thomas, George Easton, PA 18042 (US) (74) Representative: Paget, Hugh Charles Edward  MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP London WC2B 6HP (GB)