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(43) Date of publication: 05.11.1997 Bulletin 1997/45 (21) Application number: 96900644.0 (22) Date of filing: 23.01.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B29C 70/ 10( . ) F16C 15/ 00( . ) B29K 105/ 08( . ) B29D 99/ 00( . ) F16F 15/ 305( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1996/000131 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/023146 (01.08.1996 Gazette 1996/35)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE Designated Extension States: LT LV SI (30) Priority: 25.01.1995 GB 19950001443 (71) Applicant: British Nuclear Fuels PLC Risley Warrington Cheshire, WA3 6AS (GB)	(72) Inventor: TARRANT, Colin, David Capenhurst Chester CH1 6ER (GB) (74) Representative: Jackson, Richard Eric, et al  Carpmaels & Ransford, 43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)