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EP 1 251 756 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 27.12.2001 (43) Date of publication: 30.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/44 (21) Application number: 01925325.1 (22) Date of filing: 02.02.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A41D 19/00 (86) International application number: PCT/EP0101/124 (87) International publication number: WO 0105/6415 (09.08.2001 Gazette 2001/32)

(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: 02.02.2000 DE 10004355 (71) Applicant: W.L. GORE & ASSOCIATES GmbH 85640 Putzbrunn (DE)	(72) Inventors: HOTTNER, Martin 83052 Bruckmühl (DE) SPINDLER, Ulrich 83254 Breitbrunn (DE) (74) Representative: Hirsch, Peter, Dipl.-Ing.  Klunker Schmitt-Nilson HirschWinzererstrasse 106 80797 München 80797 München (DE)