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EP 1 700 008 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 15.09.2005 (43) Date of publication: 13.09.2006 Bulletin 2006/37 (21) Application number: 03808612.0 (22) Date of filing: 18.12.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F01D 25/12(2006.01) F02C 7/18(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/041606 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/060371 (07.07.2005 Gazette 2005/27)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE (30) Priority: 04.12.2003 US  (71) Applicant: Honeywell International Inc. Morristown, New Jersey 07960 (US)	(72) Inventors: CARDENAS, Alfredo Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 (US) MCKELVEY, Wilfred, G. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 (US) (74) Representative: Hucker, Charlotte Jane  Gill Jennings & Every LLP Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)