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EP 0 621 752 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 02.11.1994 Bulletin 1994/44 (21) Application number: 93919922.0 (22) Date of filing: 10.08.1993

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A23L 1/ 22( . ) B01J 13/ 04( . ) A61J 3/ 07( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1993/007429 (87) International publication number: WO 1994/006308 (31.03.1994 Gazette 1994/08)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 22.09.1992 US 19920948437 (71) Applicant: McCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED Sparks, MD 21152-6000 (US)	(72) Inventors: FULGER, Charles V. Cockeysville, MD 21030 (US) POPPLEWELL, Lewis Michael Cockeysville, MD 21030 (US) (74) Representative: Des Termes, Monique, et al  c/o Société de Protection des Inventions 25, rue de Ponthieu F-75008 Paris F-75008 Paris (FR)