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(43) Date of publication: 06.05.1998 Bulletin 1998/19 (21) Application number: 95912573.0 (22) Date of filing: 22.02.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A23L 1/ 01( . ) A23L 3/ 3409( . ) A23L 3/ 349( . ) A23L 3/ 16( . ) A23L 3/ 3454( . ) A23L 3/ 3544( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1995/002136 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/025856 (29.08.1996 Gazette 1996/39)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (71) Applicant: Humphreys, Benjamin, R. White Stone, VA 22578 (US)	(72) Inventor: Humphreys, Benjamin, R. White Stone, VA 22578 (US) (74) Representative: Troesch Scheidegger Werner AG  Patentanwälte, Siewerdtstrasse 95, Postfach 8050 Zürich 8050 Zürich (CH)