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EP 1 230 164 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 19.04.2001 (43) Date of publication: 14.08.2002 Bulletin 2002/33 (21) Application number: 00917247.9 (22) Date of filing: 12.04.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: C02F 1/00 (86) International application number: PCT/IE0000/043 (87) International publication number: WO 0061/497 (19.10.2000 Gazette 2000/42)

(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: 12.04.1999 IE 990302 (71) Applicant: Byrne, Christopher James Bray,County Wicklow (IE)	(72) Inventor: Byrne, Christopher James Bray,County Wicklow (IE) (74) Representative: Curley, Donnacha John et al Tomkins & Co.,5 Dartmouth Road Dublin 6 Dublin 6 (IE)