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EP 0 741 624 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 13.11.1996 Bulletin 1996/46 (21) Application number: 95906410.0 (22) Date of filing: 24.01.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B23D 61/ 12( . ) B23D 65/ 02( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1995/000129 (87) International publication number: WO 1995/020454 (03.08.1995 Gazette 1995/33)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 27.01.1994 GB 19940001578 (71) Applicant: JAMES NEILL HOLDINGS PLC Sheffield S13 9BR (GB)	(72) Inventor: COX, Norman Norton Lees, Sheffield S8 8PB (GB) (74) Representative: Houghton, David, et al  Hulse & Co. Eagle Star House, Carver Street Sheffield S1 4FP Sheffield S1 4FP (GB)