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(43) Date of publication: 14.12.1988 Bulletin 1988/50 (21) Application number: 88900318.0 (22) Date of filing: 04.12.1987

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  C25D 5/ 02( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1987/003193 (87) International publication number: WO 1988/004699 (30.06.1988 Gazette 1988/14)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT NL (30) Priority: 23.12.1986 US 19860946401 23.12.1986 US 19860946467 (60) Divisional application: 90202904.0 / 0423904 (71) Applicant: AMP INCORPORATED (a New Jersey corporation) Harrisburg Pennsylvania 17105 (US)	(72) Inventors: SMITH, Mark, Loring Harrisburg, PA 17112 (US) WAGNER, Richard, Maxwell Harrisburg, PA 17109 (US) (74) Representative: Gray, Robin Oliver  BARON & WARREN 18 South End Kensington London W8 5BU London W8 5BU (GB)