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(43) Date of publication: 09.07.1997 Bulletin 1997/28 (21) Application number: 95932062.0 (22) Date of filing: 20.09.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B64D 13/ 06( . ) B60H 3/ 06( . ) B64D 11/ 00( . ) B64D 13/ 08( . ) B60H 1/ 24( . ) B60N 2/ 48( . ) B64D 11/ 06( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1995/002215 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/009205 (28.03.1996 Gazette 1996/14)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 22.09.1994 GB 19940019096 03.12.1994 GB 19940024467 (71) Applicant: BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY LIMITED Staines, Middlesex TW18 1DY (GB)	(72) Inventor: WARREN, Nigel, David Southampton S016 8LN (GB) (74) Representative: MacLean, Kenneth John Hamson, et al  Patents Department British-American Tobacco Company Limited Technology Centre Regents Park Road Southampton S015 8TL Southampton S015 8TL (GB)