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EP 0 880 662 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 02.12.1998 Bulletin 1998/49 (21) Application number: 97905368.0 (22) Date of filing: 12.02.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B65G 65/ 46( . ) F25C 5/ 00( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/IE1997/000008 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/029330 (14.08.1997 Gazette 1997/35)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE ES FR GB IE IT (30) Priority: 12.02.1996 IE 19960000116 12.02.1996 IE 19960000117 (71) Applicant: TMO Enterprises Limited Limerick (IE)	(72) Inventor: HUMPHREYS, Richard Macartan County Dublin (IE) (74) Representative: Gorman, Francis Fergus, et al  F. F. Gorman & Co. 54, Merrion Square Dublin 2 Dublin 2 (IE)