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(43) Date of publication: 11.11.1998 Bulletin 1998/46 (21) Application number: 97900277.0 (22) Date of filing: 06.01.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F41J 2/ 02( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1997/000024 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/027446 (31.07.1997 Gazette 1997/33)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE IT (30) Priority: 22.01.1996 GB 19960001207 (71) Applicant: Meggitt Defence Systems Limited Wimborne, Dorset BH21 4EL (GB)	(72) Inventors: NEWMAN, Philip Appledore, Kent TN26 2DE (GB) RICHARDSON, Alan Ashford, Kent TN24 9JU (GB) (74) Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund, et al  GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)