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EP 1 083 803 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 24.02.2000 (43) Date of publication: 21.03.2001 Bulletin 2001/12 (21) Application number: 99920976.0 (22) Date of filing: 06.05.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A24C 1/00 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9901/408 (87) International publication number: WO 9956/568 (11.11.1999 Gazette 1999/45)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE GB IT (30) Priority: 06.05.1998 GB 9809720 (71) Applicant: MOLINS PLC Blakelands,Milton Keynes MK14 5LU (GB)	(72) Inventors: CAHILL, Michael, John Coventry CV4 8HS (GB) DYETT, Derek, Henry High WycombeBucks HP14 4JE (GB) SHARPE, Norman, LindseyHaw lane High WycombeBucks HP14 4JE (GB) (74) Representative: Smith, Norman Ian et al fJ CLEVELAND 40-43 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1JQ London WC2A 1JQ (GB)