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EP 0 822 906 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 11.02.1998 Bulletin 1998/07 (21) Application number: 96910089.0 (22) Date of filing: 17.04.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B60N 2/ 46( . ) B60N 3/ 00( . ) B64D 11/ 06( . ) B60N 2/ 56( . ) B60N 3/ 08( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1996/000914 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/033884 (31.10.1996 Gazette 1996/48)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 24.04.1995 GB 19950008252 (71) Applicant: BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY LIMITED Staines, Middlesex TW18 1DY (GB)	(72) Inventors: BEVAN, Michael, Arthur, John Eastleigh, Hampshire SO50 5BS (GB) CLARINGBOULD, Anthony, Craig Southampton SO14 2BZ (GB) WARREN, Nigel, David Rownhams, Southampton SO16 8LN (GB) (74) Representative: MacLean, Kenneth John Hamson, et al  Patents Department, British-American Tobacco Co. Ltd., R&D Centre, Regents Park Road Southampton S015 8TL Southampton S015 8TL (GB)