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EP 1 040 378 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 04.10.2000 Bulletin 2000/40 (21) Application number: 98960871.6 (22) Date of filing: 08.12.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G02B 6/38 (86) International application number: PCT/AU9801/013 (87) International publication number: WO 9932/914 (01.07.1999 Gazette 1999/26)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 22.12.1997 AU PP109197 (71) Applicant: KRONE GmbH 14167 Berlin (DE)	(72) Inventor: LEES, Kenneth, Leslie Matcham, NSW 2250 (AU) (74) Representative: Smith, Norman Ian et al fJ CLEVELAND 40-43 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1JQ London WC2A 1JQ (GB)