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EP 1 077 773 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 28.02.2001 Bulletin 2001/09 (21) Application number: 99922322.5 (22) Date of filing: 14.05.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B05B 1/18, B05B 1/16 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9901/547 (87) International publication number: WO 9959/726 (25.11.1999 Gazette 1999/47)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 16.05.1998 GB 9810413 (71) Applicant: CARADON MIRA LIMITED CheltenhamGloucestershire GL52 5EP (GB)	(72) Inventor: DEEN-WILLIAMS, Michelle, Anne CheltenhamGloucestershire GL53 9ES (GB) (74) Representative: Wightman, David Alexander  Barker, Brettell & Duncan,138 Hagley Road Edgbaston,Birmingham B16 9PW Edgbaston,Birmingham B16 9PW (GB)