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(43) Date of publication: 17.11.1999 Bulletin 1999/46 (21) Application number: 98902090.0 (22) Date of filing: 29.01.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F16G 11/ 10( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1998/000275 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/034035 (06.08.1998 Gazette 1998/31)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT CH DE ES FR GB IT LI (30) Priority: 31.01.1997 US 19970034885P (71) Applicant: Shine, Thomas, Adam New Haven, CT 06511 (US)	(72) Inventor: Shine, Thomas, Adam New Haven, CT 06511 (US) (74) Representative: Ertl, Nicholas Justin, et al  Elkington and Fife, Prospect House, 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 1XR (GB)