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EP 0 916 001 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 19.05.1999 Bulletin 1999/20 (21) Application number: 97926103.0 (22) Date of filing: 12.06.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  D21H 13/ 26( . ) D21H 17/ 68( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1997/001587 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/049864 (31.12.1997 Gazette 1998/05)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE ES FR GB IT SE (30) Priority: 27.06.1996 GB 19960013456 (71) Applicant: T&N TECHNOLOGY LIMITED Rugby Warwickshire, CV22 7SB (GB)	(72) Inventors: HALL, David Geoffrey Oldham, Lancashire OL2 5UW (GB) LATKOWSKI, Antony Rochdale, Lancashire OL11 3JA (GB) (74) Representative: Hammersley, John, et al  c/o T & N plc, Group Patent & Trademark Department, Manchester International Office Centre, Styal Road Manchester M22 5TN Manchester M22 5TN (GB)