Improvements in or relating to bricketting machines

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EP 1 586 440 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	12.08.2009 Bulletin 2009/33

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	19.10.2005 Bulletin 2005/42

(21)	Application number: 05252401.4

(22)	Date of filing: 18.04.2005

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B30B 11/10^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR LV MK YU

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Priority:

16.04.2004 EP 04252243

(71)	Applicant: Textclear Ltd.
	Ilford, Essex IG2 7HH (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Brown, Paul Rochester Ashbourne Derbyshire DE6 1JH (GB)

(74)	Representative: Crawford, Andrew Birkby et al
	A.A. Thornton & Co. 235 High Holborn London WC1V 7LE London WC1V 7LE (GB)

(54)	Improvements in or relating to bricketting machines

(57) A bricketting machine comprises a press plate (12), an intermediate plate (22) and a support plate (32) which are mounted on three pillars (14,15 and 16). A carousel generally indicated by the reference numeral (20) is rotatably mounted on bearings (26) on the pillar (16) and is provided with a number of equally spaced hardened steel dies. The carousel is mounted in means (21,26) so as to be capable of axial movement along the pillar (16) towards and away from the press plate.

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