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EP 0 745 264 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 04.12.1996 Bulletin 1996/49 (21) Application number: 95907135.0 (22) Date of filing: 23.01.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H01H 73/ 18( . ) H01H 9/ 34( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/IE1995/000007 (87) International publication number: WO 1995/020237 (27.07.1995 Gazette 1995/32)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR IT (30) Priority: 21.01.1994 IE 19940000047 (71) Applicants: SQUARE D COMPANY Palatine, Illinois 60067 (US) SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SA 92100 Boulogne Billancourt (FR)	(72) Inventors: O'CARROLL, Thomas Ballinasloe, County Galway (IE) REGAN, Desmond Loughrea, County Galway (IE) HURST, Dermot County Galway (IE) LEBOUC, Didier F-Meylan (FR) (74) Representative: O'Brien, John Augustine  Cruickshank & Co. 1 Holles Street Dublin 2 Dublin 2 (IE)