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(43) Date of publication: 11.08.1999 Bulletin 1999/32 (21) Application number: 97919156.0 (22) Date of filing: 18.09.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F16F 1/ 06( . ) F16F 1/ 04( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1997/002521 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/012450 (26.03.1998 Gazette 1998/12)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB IE IT LI LU NL SE Designated Extension States: AL LT LV RO SI (30) Priority: 20.09.1996 GB 19960019678 (71) Applicant: Driscoll, David Buckinghamshire SL7 3BL (GB)	(72) Inventor: Driscoll, David Buckinghamshire SL7 3BL (GB) (74) Representative: Shaw, Laurence, et al  Laurence Shaw & Associates, 5th Floor Metropolitan House, 1 Hagley Road Edgbaston, Birmingham B16 8TG Edgbaston, Birmingham B16 8TG (GB)