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(43) Date of publication: 13.09.2000 Bulletin 2000/37 (21) Application number: 98943445.1 (22) Date of filing: 28.08.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: E05C 3/04 (86) International application number: PCT/US9817/837 (87) International publication number: WO 9916/993 (08.04.1999 Gazette 1999/14)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE ES FR GB IT (30) Priority: 29.09.1997 US 939632 (71) Applicant: SOUTHCO, INC. Concordville, PA 19331 (US)	(72) Inventors: LANGKAMP, Richard, B., Jr. Hemlock, NY 14466 (US) TURNER, D., Dale Honeoye Falls, NY 14472 (US) (74) Representative: Coester, Jacques Charles  Cabinet Madeuf56 A, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré 75008 Paris 75008 Paris (FR)