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EP 0 865 247 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 23.09.1998 Bulletin 1998/39 (21) Application number: 96942461.0 (22) Date of filing: 13.12.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A47K 10/ 38( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1996/003101 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/021377 (19.06.1997 Gazette 1997/26)

(84) Designated Contracting States: BE DE ES FR GB IT NL SE (30) Priority: 14.12.1995 GB 19950025506 (71) Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK LIMITED Kent ME20 7PS (GB)	(72) Inventor: KING, Tim Nr.Wrexham, Clwyd LL11 6EM (GB) (74) Representative: Davies, Christopher Robert  Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)