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(43) Date of publication: 01.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/48 (21) Application number: 98903192.0 (22) Date of filing: 11.02.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B23K 37/ 04( . ) H05K 13/ 00( . ) B23Q 1/ 03( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1998/000426 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/035780 (20.08.1998 Gazette 1998/33)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 14.02.1997 GB 19970003082 (71) Applicant: DEK PRINTING MACHINES LIMITED Weymouth, Dorset DT4 9TH (GB)	(72) Inventors: WAYMAN, John, Charles Dorset DT2 8UN (GB) WIGMORE, Richard Brighton East Sussex BN1 8AE (GB) PEPPER, Richard, Anthony Burgess Hill West Sussex RH15 9QD (GB) (74) Representative: Purvis, William Michael Cameron, et al  D. Young & Co., 21 New Fetter Lane London EC4A 1DA London EC4A 1DA (GB)