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EP 1 127 340 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 29.08.2001 Bulletin 2001/35 (21) Application number: 99955552.7 (22) Date of filing: 08.06.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G07F 17/38, G07F 17/32 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9901/813 (87) International publication number: WO 9964/998 (16.12.1999 Gazette 1999/50)

(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: 08.06.1998 GB 9812332 (71) Applicant: Bilgrey Samson Limited Birmingham B16 8TG (GB)	(72) Inventor: STANLEY, Mark, Henry West Midlands B73 5DJ (GB) (74) Representative: Shaw, Laurence  Laurence Shaw & Associates,5th Floor Metropolitan House,1 Hagley Road Edgbaston,Birmingham B16 8TG Edgbaston,Birmingham B16 8TG (GB)