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(88) Date of publication A3: 29.07.2004 (43) Date of publication: 17.08.2005 Bulletin 2005/33 (21) Application number: 03795823.8 (22) Date of filing: 14.11.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: D01D 5/06, D01D 4/02, D01D 5/34 (86) International application number: PCT/EP2003/012848 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/044279 (27.05.2004 Gazette 2004/22)

(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: 14.11.2002 GB 0226574 (71) Applicant: Spin'tech Engineering GmbH 70734 Fellbach (DE)	(72) Inventors: KNIGHT, David, Philip Winchester, Hampshire SO22 5NG (GB) VOLLRATH, Friedrich, W. L. P.,Upper Woods Farm Oxford,Oxfordshire OX3 9TF (GB) (74) Representative: Harrison, Robert  Rouse Patents,Windsor House,Cornwall Road Harrogate HG1 2PW Harrogate HG1 2PW (GB)