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EP 0 511 258 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 04.11.1992 Bulletin 1992/45 (21) Application number: 91902274.0 (22) Date of filing: 16.01.1991

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  D06M 16/ 00( . ) D06M 23/ 12( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1991/000063 (87) International publication number: WO 1991/010772 (25.07.1991 Gazette 1991/17)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE (30) Priority: 18.01.1990 GB 19900001108 (71) Applicant: BRITISH TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY GROUP Didsbury, Manchester M20 8RX (GB)	(72) Inventors: SAGAR, Brian Cheadle Cheshire SK8 5HJ (GB) WALES, David Stockport Cheshire SK5 6JN (GB) NELSON, Gordon Manchester M14 6RU (GB) (74) Representative: McNeight, David Leslie  McNeight & Lawrence Regent House Heaton Lane Stockport Cheshire SK4 1BS Stockport Cheshire SK4 1BS (GB)