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EP 1 129 021 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 05.10.2000 (43) Date of publication: 05.09.2001 Bulletin 2001/36 (21) Application number: 99952706.2 (22) Date of filing: 05.11.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65H 3/00 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9903/661 (87) International publication number: WO 0027/735 (18.05.2000 Gazette 2000/20)

(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: 09.11.1998 GB 9824568 (71) Applicant: De La Rue International Limited Basingstoke, Hampshire RG22 4BS (GB)	(72) Inventors: Hunt, Nigel Harvey Havant,Hants P09 2UX (GB) Dewhurst, Paul Ernest Winchester,Hants SO22 4NH (GB) Augustyn, Stephen Edward Southsea,Hants P04 8DE (GB) (74) Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund  GILL JENNINGS & EVERYBroadgate House7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)