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EP 1 034 582 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 19.08.1999 (43) Date of publication: 13.09.2000 Bulletin 2000/37 (21) Application number: 98955762.4 (22) Date of filing: 24.11.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01R 11/03 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9803/499 (87) International publication number: WO 9927/614 (03.06.1999 Gazette 1999/22)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT CH DE FR GB IT LI SE (30) Priority: 24.11.1997 GB 9724798 (71) Applicant: NORWEB PLC Manchester M16 0HQ (GB)	(72) Inventors: BROWN, Paul, Anthony Cumbria LA9 6EA (GB) DICKINSON, John Lancashire BB11 3PR (GB) (74) Representative: Hackney, Nigel John et al Mewburn Ellis,York House,23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP London WC2B 6HP (GB)