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(43) Date of publication: 21.07.1999 Bulletin 1999/29 (21) Application number: 97936028.0 (22) Date of filing: 26.06.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A01D 34/ 00( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1997/011487 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/049276 (31.12.1997 Gazette 1998/05)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE ES FR GB (30) Priority: 27.06.1996 US 19960671333 (71) Applicant: MEINERDING, Wesley, C Canton, OH 44708 (US)	(72) Inventor: MEINERDING, Wesley, C Canton, OH 44708 (US) (74) Representative: Dawson, Elizabeth Ann, et al  A.A. THORNTON & CO. Northumberland House 303-306 High Holborn London WC1V 7LE London WC1V 7LE (GB)