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(88) Date of publication A3: 27.02.2003 (43) Date of publication: 18.02.2004 Bulletin 2004/08 (21) Application number: 02739392.5 (22) Date of filing: 23.05.2002

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B25B 1/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US2002/016490 (87) International publication number: WO 2002/094509 (28.11.2002 Gazette 2002/48)

(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: 23.05.2001 US 293329 P (71) Applicant: Timberline Tool & Casting, Inc. Whitefish, MT 59937 (US)	(72) Inventors: GREEN, Kenneth, H. Whitefish, MT 59937 (US) COLLISTER, Richard, L., Jr. Frenchtown, MT 59834 (US) (74) Representative: Strehl Schübel-Hopf & Partner  Maximilianstrasse 54 80538 München 80538 München (DE)