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EP 1 060 121 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 20.12.2000 Bulletin 2000/51 (21) Application number: 99901861.7 (22) Date of filing: 22.01.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B67D 1/08 (86) International application number: PCT/IE9900/006 (87) International publication number: WO 9937/578 (29.07.1999 Gazette 1999/30)

(84) Designated Contracting States: BE DE ES GB IE (30) Priority: 23.01.1998 IE 980045 16.03.1998 IE 980187 (71) Applicant: Murphy, Finbar Martin Cork (IE)	(72) Inventor: Murphy, Finbar Martin Cork (IE) (74) Representative: Hanna, Peter William Derek et al Tomkins & Co.,5 Dartmouth Road Dublin 6 Dublin 6 (IE)