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(43) Date of publication: 09.03.1994 Bulletin 1994/10 (21) Application number: 92913330.0 (22) Date of filing: 20.05.1992

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  D06P 1/ 54( . ) D06Q 1/ 06( . ) D06P 5/ 00( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1992/004363 (87) International publication number: WO 1992/020524 (26.11.1992 Gazette 1992/29)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LU NL SE (30) Priority: 20.05.1991 US 19910703155 (71) Applicant: MICROFIBRES, INC. Winston-Salem, NC 27114 (US)	(72) Inventor: BLANTON, G., Kelly Lewisville, NC 27023 (US) (74) Representative: Brown, Kenneth Richard, et al  R.G.C. Jenkins & Co. 26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ London SW1H 0RJ (GB)