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EP 1 115 645 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 18.07.2001 Bulletin 2001/29 (21) Application number: 99947595.7 (22) Date of filing: 22.09.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B67B 7/54 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9902/946 (87) International publication number: WO 0017/088 (30.03.2000 Gazette 2000/13)

(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: 22.09.1998 GB 9820649 (71) Applicant: WILLIAM LEVENE LIMITED Middlesex, HA2 7JP (GB)	(72) Inventor: PEREIRA, Terence WeybridgeSurrey KT15 3PN (GB) (74) Representative: Pacitti, Pierpaolo A.M.E. et al Murgitroyd and Company373 Scotland Street Glasgow G5 8QA Glasgow G5 8QA (GB)