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(43) Date of publication: 15.03.2000 Bulletin 2000/11 (21) Application number: 98925814.0 (22) Date of filing: 03.06.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A24C 5/35, B65G 47/51 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9801/612 (87) International publication number: WO 9854/988 (10.12.1998 Gazette 1998/49)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE GB IT (30) Priority: 05.06.1997 GB 9711518 (71) Applicant: MOLINS PLC Blakelands,Milton Keynes MK14 5LU (GB)	(72) Inventor: BAILEY, Thomas, William Coventry CV4 8HS (GB) (74) Representative: Webb, John Charles  Molins PLCGroup Patent DepartmentHaw LaneSaunderton High Wycombe, Bucks. HP14 4JE High Wycombe, Bucks. HP14 4JE (GB)