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(43) Date of publication: 25.11.1998 Bulletin 1998/48 (21) Application number: 96943243.0 (22) Date of filing: 23.12.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B65D 83/ 16( . ) B65D 83/ 14( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1996/003225 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/029029 (14.08.1997 Gazette 1997/35)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT (30) Priority: 06.02.1996 GB 19960002364 (71) Applicant: Lindal Valve Company Limited Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire LU7 8UH (GB)	(72) Inventors: OWEN, Thomas Philip Thornborough, Buckinghamshire MK18 2DR (GB) BELAU, Ruediger D-23843 Bad Oldesloe (DE) (74) Representative: Godwin, Edgar James  MARKS & CLERK, 57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3LS London WC2A 3LS (GB)