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EP 1 323 142 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 02.07.2003 Bulletin 2003/27 (21) Application number: 01969981.8 (22) Date of filing: 25.09.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G07F 17/38 (86) International application number: PCT/GB0104/279 (87) International publication number: WO 0202/7678 (04.04.2002 Gazette 2002/12)

(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: 26.09.2000 GB 0023562 (71) Applicant: Crompton's Leisure Machines Ltd Ramsgate,Kent CT12 5HG (GB)	(72) Inventor: CROMPTON, Gordon, James Broadstairs,Kent CT10 3QY (GB) (74) Representative: Greene, Simon Kenneth  Elkington and Fife,Prospect House,8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks,Kent TN13 1XR Sevenoaks,Kent TN13 1XR (GB)