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EP 1 458 229 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 22.09.2004 Bulletin 2004/39 (21) Application number: 02793128.6 (22) Date of filing: 20.12.2002

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A01F 25/20, A01D 87/00 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2002/014852 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/053132 (03.07.2003 Gazette 2003/27)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO (30) Priority: 20.12.2001 GB 0130404 (71) Applicant: Wylie, Samuel Dungannon,County Tyrone BT71 7DX (GB)	(72) Inventor: Wylie, Samuel Dungannon,County Tyrone BT71 7DX (GB) (74) Representative: Wallace, Alan  F. R. Kelly & Co.4 Mount Charles Belfast BT7 1NZ,Northern Ireland Belfast BT7 1NZ,Northern Ireland (GB)