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EP 0 960 004 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 01.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/48 (21) Application number: 97900368.0 (22) Date of filing: 16.01.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B26B 21/ 30( . ) B26B 21/ 22( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1997/000121 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/026119 (24.07.1997 Gazette 1997/32)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 16.01.1996 GB 19960000818 (71) Applicant: THE GILLETTE COMPANY Boston, Massachusetts 02199 (US)	(72) Inventors: CHRISTMAN, Thomas, A. Lexington, MA 02173 (US) HAWES, Christopher, Martin Reading, Berkshire RG8 9QL (GB) (74) Representative: Lerwill, John, et al  A.A. Thornton & Co. 235 High Holborn London, WC1V 7LE London, WC1V 7LE (GB)