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EP 0 950 340 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 20.10.1999 Bulletin 1999/42 (21) Application number: 97950319.0 (22) Date of filing: 23.12.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A47J 27/ 21( . ) H05B 1/ 02( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1997/003533 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/030066 (09.07.1998 Gazette 1998/27)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB (30) Priority: 31.12.1996 GB 19960027104 (71) Applicant: STRIX LIMITED Ronaldsway, Isle of Man IM9 2RG (GB)	(72) Inventor: TAYLOR, John, Crawshaw Isle of Man IM9 1HA (GB) (74) Representative: Leckey, David Herbert  Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)