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(43) Date of publication: 02.09.1992 Bulletin 1992/36 (21) Application number: 91914848.0 (22) Date of filing: 28.06.1991

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  D02G 1/ 08( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/EP1991/001215 (87) International publication number: WO 1992/000410 (09.01.1992 Gazette 1992/02)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT (30) Priority: 02.07.1990 DE 19900010057U (71) Applicant: Niederer, Kurt W. Charlotte North Carolina 28210 (US)	(72) Inventor: Niederer, Kurt W. Charlotte North Carolina 28210 (US) (74) Representative: Schüler, Horst, Dr.  Patentanwalt, Kaiserstrasse 69 D-60329 Frankfurt D-60329 Frankfurt (DE)