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(43) Date of publication: 07.02.2001 Bulletin 2001/06 (21) Application number: 99918157.1 (22) Date of filing: 23.04.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A62B 35/04 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9901/250 (87) International publication number: WO 9955/425 (04.11.1999 Gazette 1999/44)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU NL PT SE (30) Priority: 23.04.1998 GB 9808788 (71) Applicant: Latchways PLC Devizes,Wiltshire SN10 2JP (GB)	(72) Inventor: FLUX, Peter Robert Roy Bridge,Inverness-Shire PH31 4AS (GB) (74) Representative: Rees, Alexander Ellison et al Urquhart-Dykes & Lord,30 Welbeck Street London W1G 8ER London W1G 8ER (GB)