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(43) Date of publication: 27.03.1996 Bulletin 1996/13 (21) Application number: 95914457.0 (22) Date of filing: 06.04.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H05B 41/ 24( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1995/000798 (87) International publication number: WO 1995/028070 (19.10.1995 Gazette 1995/45)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT NL (30) Priority: 11.04.1994 GB 19940007133 (71) Applicant: GE LIGHTING LIMITED Enfield, Middlesex EN1 1SB (GB)	(72) Inventors: GREEN, Ian, Macdonald London W3 6HW (GB) STEEL, Martin, Christopher Surrey GU15 4FN (GB) TRUMBLE, Francis, Robert Buckinghamshire SL7 2PS (GB) (74) Representative: Szary, Anne Catherine, et al  London Patent Operation, GE Technical Services Co. Inc., Essex House, 12-13 Essex Street London WC2R 3AA London WC2R 3AA (GB)