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(43) Date of publication: 29.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/52 (21) Application number: 98959007.0 (22) Date of filing: 08.12.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G07D 1/ 04( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1998/003653 (87) International publication number: WO 1999/030289 (17.06.1999 Gazette 1999/24)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE ES FR IT (30) Priority: 08.12.1997 GB 19970025955 11.02.1998 GB 19980002944 (71) Applicant: Showcase Projects Ltd. Hockley, Birmingham B16 6DS (GB)	(72) Inventor: STANLEY, Mark, Henry Sutton Coldfield West Midlands B73 5DJ (GB) (74) Representative: Shaw, Laurence  5th Floor, Metropolitan House, 1 Hagley Road, Edgbaston Birmingham B16 8TG Birmingham B16 8TG (GB)