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EP 0 970 008 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 12.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/02 (21) Application number: 98913928.2 (22) Date of filing: 26.03.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65D 83/14 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9800/934 (87) International publication number: WO 9842/592 (01.10.1998 Gazette 1998/39)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT (30) Priority: 26.03.1997 GB 9706247 (71) Applicant: Lindal Valve Company Limited Leighton Buzzard,Bedfordshire LU7 8UH (GB)	(72) Inventor: BELAU, Rüdiger D-23843 Bad Oldesloe (DE) (74) Representative: Godwin, Edgar James  MARKS & CLERK,57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3LS London WC2A 3LS (GB)