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EP 1 240 028 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 21.02.2002 (43) Date of publication: 18.09.2002 Bulletin 2002/38 (21) Application number: 00981533.3 (22) Date of filing: 15.12.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B42F 1/00 (86) International application number: PCT/IB0001/878 (87) International publication number: WO 0104/5963 (28.06.2001 Gazette 2001/26)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 20.12.1999 ZA 9807178 (71) Applicant: Slideco Inc. Cincinnati, OH 4512-1206 (US)	(72) Inventors: BLUMBERG, Murray, Basil 2196 Gauteng (ZA) DE BEER, Eric, Rodney 1459 Gauteng (ZA) (74) Representative: Baverstock, Michael George Douglas et al BOULT WADE TENNANT,Verulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)