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EP 0 914 222 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 12.05.1999 Bulletin 1999/19 (21) Application number: 97931931.0 (22) Date of filing: 15.07.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B22D 11/ 106( . ) B22D 37/ 00( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1997/001911 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/004370 (05.02.1998 Gazette 1998/05)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE DE DK ES FI FR GB IT LU NL SE (30) Priority: 26.07.1996 GB 19960015765 (71) Applicant: Foseco International Limited Swindon, Wiltshire SN3 1RE (GB)	(72) Inventor: ELLIS, Ian Bonnybridge FK4 15B (GB)