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(43) Date of publication: 18.03.1998 Bulletin 1998/12 (21) Application number: 96919943.0 (22) Date of filing: 31.05.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B65D 79/ 00( . ) B65D 85/ 73( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1996/001297 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/038350 (05.12.1996 Gazette 1997/01)

(84) Designated Contracting States: GB (30) Priority: 01.06.1995 GB 19950011106 (71) Applicant: WHITBREAD PLC London EC1Y 4SD (GB)	(72) Inventor: SMITH, Paul, Clifford Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU6 1LZ (GB) (74) Representative: Rackham, Stephen Neil, et al  GILL JENNINGS & EVERY, Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)