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(43) Date of publication: 27.09.2006 Bulletin 2006/39 (21) Application number: 04798953.8 (22) Date of filing: 24.11.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B22D 17/00(2006.01) B22D 17/30(2006.01) B22D 17/04(2006.01) B22D 17/20(2006.01) B22D 17/02(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/IB2004/003840 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/051570 (09.06.2005 Gazette 2005/23)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL HR LT LV MK YU (30) Priority: 26.11.2003 ZA 200309209 (71) Applicants: Raffle, Marie Thomas Gilles 1501 Benoni (ZA) Price, James Cairns 6045 Port Elizabeth Eastern Cape (ZA)	(72) Inventors: Raffle, Marie Thomas Gilles 1501 Benoni (ZA) Price, James Cairns 6045 Port Elizabeth Eastern Cape (ZA) (74) Representative: Nettleton, John Victor et al Abel & Imray, Chartered Patent Attorneys, 20 Red Lion Street London WC1V 4PQ London WC1V 4PQ (GB)