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EP 1 269 275 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 02.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/01 (21) Application number: 01911949.4 (22) Date of filing: 19.03.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G05B 17/00, G05B 13/04, B21C 23/00 (86) International application number: PCT/GB0101/165 (87) International publication number: WO 0107/3515 (04.10.2001 Gazette 2001/40)

(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: 28.03.2000 GB 0007372 (71) Applicant: Beta LaserMike Limited High Wycombe,Buckinghamshire HP12 3RT (GB)	(72) Inventor: JAMAL-AHMAD, Mohammad Hafiz Fazl Elahi Middlesex TW5 9TS (GB) (74) Representative: Enskat, Michael Antony Frank  Saunders & Dolleymore,9 Rickmansworth Road Watford,Hertfordshire WD18 0JU Watford,Hertfordshire WD18 0JU (GB)