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(43) Date of publication: 21.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/25 (21) Application number: 98903200.8 (22) Date of filing: 12.02.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01B 13/00 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9800/438 (87) International publication number: WO 9836/425 (20.08.1998 Gazette 1998/33)

(84) Designated Contracting States: FR GB IT (30) Priority: 12.02.1997 GB 9702827 (71) Applicant: BICC General Pyrotenax Cables Limited Merseyside L34 5TJ (GB)	(72) Inventors: DEEGAN, Edward Liverpool L7 0LP (GB) FREESTONE, James Danville, IN 46122 (US) GRIFFITHS, Carl N. Powys SY22 6YR (GB) (74) Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund  GILL JENNINGS & EVERYBroadgate House7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)