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(43) Date of publication: 04.08.1999 Bulletin 1999/31 (21) Application number: 97933802.0 (22) Date of filing: 01.08.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A47J 43/ 10( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1997/002064 (87) International publication number: WO 1999/005946 (11.02.1999 Gazette 1999/06)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (71) Applicant: WILLIAM LEVENE LIMITED Middlesex, HA2 7JP (GB)	(72) Inventors: CONRAN, Sebastian, Orby London W14 0RH (GB) O'CONNOR, Joseph, Patrick London W14 0RH (GB) (74) Representative: Pacitti, Pierpaolo A.M.E., et al  Murgitroyd and Company 373 Scotland Street Glasgow G5 8QA Glasgow G5 8QA (GB)