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EP 0 804 642 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 05.11.1997 Bulletin 1997/45 (21) Application number: 96900346.0 (22) Date of filing: 15.01.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  D01G 15/ 88( . ) D01H 4/ 32( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1996/000064 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/022410 (25.07.1996 Gazette 1996/34)

(84) Designated Contracting States: CH DE ES GB IT LI (30) Priority: 21.01.1995 GB 19950001222 (71) Applicant: THE ENGLISH CARD CLOTHING COMPANY LIMITED. Huddersfield HD3 3HT West Yorkshire (GB)	(72) Inventors: ENNIS, Brian, Joseph Halifax West Yorkshire HX6 1AD (GB) GRIMSHAW, Keith Todmorden Lancashire OL14 8RW (GB) (74) Representative: Brierley, Anthony Paul  Appleyard Lees 15 Clare Road Halifax West Yorkshire HX1 2HY Halifax West Yorkshire HX1 2HY (GB)