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EP 1 017 305 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 12.07.2000 Bulletin 2000/28 (21) Application number: 98903475.6 (22) Date of filing: 15.01.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A47L 13/144, A47L 13/12 (86) International application number: PCT/US9800/637 (87) International publication number: WO 9909/876 (04.03.1999 Gazette 1999/09)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL PT SE (30) Priority: 27.08.1997 US 57088 P (71) Applicant: Freudenberg Household Products LP River Grove, IL 60171 (US)	(72) Inventors: SPECHT, Paul, B. Wilmette, IL 60091 (US) WAGNER, Edgar Chicago, IL 60641 (US) (74) Representative: Moldenhauer, Herbert  c/o Carl Freudenberg,Höhnerweg 2-4 69469 Weinheim 69469 Weinheim (DE)