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EP 0 526 612 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 10.02.1993 Bulletin 1993/06 (21) Application number: 92905516.0 (22) Date of filing: 27.02.1992

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B65H 27/ 00( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1992/000353 (87) International publication number: WO 1992/015514 (17.09.1992 Gazette 1992/24)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR IT LI LU NL SE (30) Priority: 27.02.1991 GB 19910004104 (71) Applicant: WATKISS AUTOMATION LIMITED Biggleswade Bedfordshire SG18 9ST (GB)	(72) Inventor: WATKISS, Christopher Robin Biggleswade, Bedfordshire SG18 9SS (GB) (74) Representative: W.P. THOMPSON & CO.  Eastcheap House Central Approach Letchworth, Hertfordshire SG6 3DS Letchworth, Hertfordshire SG6 3DS (GB)