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EP 1 668 601 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 14.06.2006 Bulletin 2006/24 (21) Application number: 03751621.8 (22) Date of filing: 03.10.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G07C 5/08(1968.09) G01R 31/00(1968.09) (86) International application number: PCT/NL2003/000678 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/034047 (14.04.2005 Gazette 2005/15)

(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 (71) Applicant: Snap-On Technologies, Inc. Lincolnshire, IL 60069 (US)	(72) Inventors: HOEVENAAR, Robert, Johannes NL-1661 BT De Weere (NL) ANTHONI, Carel, Christiaan NL-2421 AR Nieuwkoop (NL) (74) Representative: Seitz, Holger Fritz Karl  Exter Polak & Charlouis B.V. P.O. Box 3241 2280 GE Rijswijk 2280 GE Rijswijk (NL)