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EP 0 840 878 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 13.05.1998 Bulletin 1998/20 (21) Application number: 95927481.0 (22) Date of filing: 26.07.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F41C 33/ 02( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1995/009471 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/005443 (13.02.1997 Gazette 1997/08)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT DE FR GB (71) Applicant: LASER PRODUCTS CORPORATION Fountain Valley, CA 92708-6117 (US)	(72) Inventor: MATTHEWS, John, Wallace Fountain Valley, CA 92708 (US) (74) Representative: Godsill, John Kenneth  Haseltine Lake & Co., Imperial House, 15-19 Kingsway London WC2B 6UD London WC2B 6UD (GB)