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EP 1 466 098 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 26.02.2004 (43) Date of publication: 13.10.2004 Bulletin 2004/42 (21) Application number: 03703798.3 (22) Date of filing: 14.01.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F04B 49/06 (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/001021 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/059521 (24.07.2003 Gazette 2003/30)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO (30) Priority: 15.01.2002 US 349042 P (71) Applicant: Graco Minnesota Inc. Minneapolis, MN 55413 (US)	(72) Inventor: LIND, Robert Robbinsdale, MN 55422 (US) (74) Representative: Cloughley, Peter Andrew  Miller Sturt Kenyon,9 John Street London WC1N 2ES London WC1N 2ES (GB)