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(43) Date of publication: 14.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/42 (21) Application number: 96943739.0 (22) Date of filing: 12.12.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B43K 1/ 08( . ) B43K 23/ 004( . ) B43K 7/ 00( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1996/019883 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/022482 (26.06.1997 Gazette 1997/27)

(84) Designated Contracting States: BE DE ES FR GB IT NL (30) Priority: 15.12.1995 GB 19950025691 08.10.1996 GB 19960020986 (71) Applicant: THE GILLETTE COMPANY Boston, Massachusetts 02199 (US)	(72) Inventors: HILL, Alan, Robert Cambridge, MA 02140 (US) BARNES, Clive Cumnor Oxford OX2 9PQ (GB) PACKHAM, Charles, Christopher Crowthorne, Berkshire RG11 6SS (GB) SEDDON, Mark, Arthur Reading, Berkshire RG1 5BG (GB) (74) Representative: Baillie, Iain Cameron  Ladas & Parry, Altheimer Eck 2 80331 München 80331 München (DE)