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EP 1 495 173 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 12.01.2005 Bulletin 2005/02 (21) Application number: 03746382.5 (22) Date of filing: 10.04.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: D04B 21/00 (86) International application number: PCT/IB2003/001316 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/087452 (23.10.2003 Gazette 2003/43)

(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 RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK (30) Priority: 12.04.2002 ZA 200202899 (71) Applicant: Alnet (Proprietary) Limited 7460 Cape Town (ZA)	(72) Inventor: DICKSON, Michael Gordon 7460 Epping (ZA) (74) Representative: Spannagel, Achim  c/o Patentanwalt Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang CichySchulstrasse 52 58332 Schwelm 58332 Schwelm (DE)