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EP 0 495 865 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 29.07.1992 Bulletin 1992/31 (21) Application number: 90915503.0 (22) Date of filing: 12.10.1990

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F16M 11/ 12( . ) G02B 6/ 38( . ) G02B 7/ 02( . ) G02B 6/ 36( . ) G02B 6/ 42( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1990/001583 (87) International publication number: WO 1991/006022 (02.05.1991 Gazette 1991/10)

(84) Designated Contracting States: BE CH DE DK ES FR GB IT LI NL SE (30) Priority: 13.10.1989 GB 19890023135 (71) Applicant: BT&D TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 5PB (GB)	(72) Inventor: MUSK, Robert, William Fieldings, Main Road Suffolk IP6 9JT (GB) (74) Representative: Wolff, Eric  BT&D Technologies Ltd Whitehouse Road Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 5PB Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 5PB (GB)