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(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 15.04.1997 GB 9707572 (71) Applicant: Forrest, Matthew Huxley Blackburn,Lancashire FY3 7LX (GB)	(72) Inventor: Forrest, Matthew Huxley Blackburn,Lancashire FY3 7LX (GB) (74) Representative: Atkinson, Peter Birch et al MARKS & CLERK,Sussex House,83-85 Mosley Street Manchester M2 3LG Manchester M2 3LG (GB)