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EP 1 587 397 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 26.10.2005 Bulletin 2005/43 (21) Application number: 03767979.2 (22) Date of filing: 11.12.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A47C 7/18 (86) International application number: PCT/GB2003/005391 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/052152 (24.06.2004 Gazette 2004/26)

(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: 11.12.2002 GB 0228842 (71) Applicant: Kay-Metzeler Limited Macclesfield,Cheshire SF10 5JJ (GB)	(72) Inventors: WOOD, Kevin Macclesfield,Cheshire SK10 1QZ (GB) BAUMFORTH, Ron Macclesfield,Cheshire SK10 5NU (GB) (74) Representative: Wilson Gunn  5th Floor, Blackfriars House, The Parsonage Manchester M3 2JA Manchester M3 2JA (GB)