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(43) Date of publication: 05.12.2007 Bulletin 2007/49 (21) Application number: 06710141.0 (22) Date of filing: 23.03.2006

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  D06F 95/00(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/GB2006/001078 (87) International publication number: WO 2006/100497 (28.09.2006 Gazette 2006/39)

(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 LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR (30) Priority: 23.03.2005 GB 0506009 (71) Applicant: Kannegiesser UK Limited Kendal Cumbria LA9 6DE (GB)	(72) Inventors: DUCKER, Christopher Robert Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria LA23 3AS (GB) CLARKE, Eric Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire OX7 5JD (GB) (74) Representative: Webster, Jeremy Mark et al Mewburn Ellis LLP York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP London WC2B 6HP (GB)