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(88) Date of publication A3: 04.02.1999 (43) Date of publication: 14.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/24 (21) Application number: 98923361.4 (22) Date of filing: 08.05.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B25G 3/08 (86) International application number: PCT/US9809/419 (87) International publication number: WO 9850/639 (12.11.1998 Gazette 1998/45)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB IE IT LI NL SE (30) Priority: 08.05.1997 US 45952 P (71) Applicant: CHAPMAN, William A. Naples, FL 33942 (US)	(72) Inventor: CHAPMAN, William A. Naples, FL 33942 (US) (74) Representative: Carpmael, John William Maurice  CARPMAELS & RANSFORD43 Bloomsbury Square London, WC1A 2RA London, WC1A 2RA (GB)