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(43) Date of publication: 16.08.2001 Bulletin 2001/33 (21) Application number: 99950960.7 (22) Date of filing: 22.10.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65H 31/20, B65H 31/38 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9903/506 (87) International publication number: WO 0024/662 (04.05.2000 Gazette 2000/18)

(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: 23.10.1998 GB 9823337 (71) Applicant: De La Rue International Limited Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 4BS (GB)	(72) Inventors: BROTHERSTON, Colin, Peter Emsworth,Hampshire PO10 7TP (GB) LANE, Martin Waterlooville,Hampshire PO7 8QQ (GB) COTTRELL, Ronald, Alec Fareham,Hampshire PO17 6BX (GB) (74) Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund  GILL JENNINGS & EVERYBroadgate House7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)