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EP 1 001 909 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 24.05.2000 Bulletin 2000/21 (21) Application number: 98937688.4 (22) Date of filing: 06.08.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65H 54/76, B65H 61/00 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9802/373 (87) International publication number: WO 9907/630 (18.02.1999 Gazette 1999/07)

(84) Designated Contracting States: GB (30) Priority: 07.08.1997 GB 9716647 (71) Applicants: Adcock, Paul Richard Leeds,West Yorkshire LS17 7DN (GB) Adcock, Theresa Anne Leeds,West Yorkshire LS17 7DN (GB)	(72) Inventor: ADCOCK, Theresa, Ann West Yorkshire LS17 7DN (GB) (74) Representative: Watson, Anthony Stephen  2 Lea CroftClifford Wetherby, LS23 6EY Wetherby, LS23 6EY (GB)