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EP 0 906 047 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 07.04.1999 Bulletin 1999/14 (21) Application number: 97927260.0 (22) Date of filing: 17.06.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A47J 27/ 21( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1997/001637 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/048316 (24.12.1997 Gazette 1998/03)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT (30) Priority: 17.06.1996 GB 19960012617 09.04.1997 GB 19970007222 (71) Applicant: STRIX LIMITED Ronaldsway, Isle of Man IM9 2RG (GB)	(72) Inventors: TAYLOR, John, Crawshaw Isle of Man IM9 1HA (GB) HUXLEY, Stewart, Leonard Cambridge CB3 0QA (GB) (74) Representative: Leckey, David Herbert  Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)