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EP 1 055 043 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 29.11.2000 Bulletin 2000/48 (21) Application number: 99902715.4 (22) Date of filing: 01.02.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: E05B 47/00, E05B 65/36, E05B 65/32 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9900/327 (87) International publication number: WO 9941/474 (19.08.1999 Gazette 1999/33)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB (30) Priority: 11.02.1998 GB 9802955 (71) Applicant: ROVER GROUP LIMITED Warwick,Warwickshire CV34 6RG (GB)	(72) Inventor: NICHOLLS, Stephen Paul Witney,Oxfordshire OX8 8BE (GB)