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(43) Date of publication: 06.10.1999 Bulletin 1999/40 (21) Application number: 97953791.0 (22) Date of filing: 04.12.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A47K 7/ 03( . ) A47L 17/ 08( . ) A61Q 19/ 10( . ) C11D 17/ 04( . ) A47L 13/ 17( . ) A61K 8/ 02( . ) C11D 11/ 00( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/EP1997/006960 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/028399 (02.07.1998 Gazette 1998/26)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE ES FR GB IT (30) Priority: 20.12.1996 GB 19960026622 (71) Applicants: UNILEVER PLC London EC4P 4BQ (GB) UNILEVER N.V. 3013 AL Rotterdam (NL)	(72) Inventors: RENNIE, George Kerr Wirral, Merseyside L63 9JF (GB) REVELL, Patricia Wirral, Merseyside L63 5NB (GB) SAMS, Philip John South Wirral, Cheshire L64 1TB (GB) (74) Representative: Elliott, Peter William, et al  Unilever plc Patent Division Colworth House Sharnbrook Bedford MK44 1LQ Bedford MK44 1LQ (GB)