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EP 0 774 910 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 28.05.1997 Bulletin 1997/22 (21) Application number: 95927873.0 (22) Date of filing: 09.08.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A44B 19/ 38( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1995/001880 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/004813 (22.02.1996 Gazette 1996/09)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 13.08.1994 GB 19940016387 (71) Applicant: J. & P. Coats, Limited Glasgow G2 5PA Scotland (GB)	(72) Inventor: SCHUBERT, Brian Gravenhurst Bedfordshire MK45 4JP (GB) (74) Representative: McNeight, David Leslie, et al  McNeight & Lawrence Regent House Heaton Lane Stockport Cheshire SK4 1BS Stockport Cheshire SK4 1BS (GB)