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EP 1 963 218 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 03.09.2008 Bulletin 2008/36 (21) Application number: 06808558.8 (22) Date of filing: 16.11.2006

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B65H 5/28(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/GB2006/004268 (87) International publication number: WO 2007/071897 (28.06.2007 Gazette 2007/26)

(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: 20.12.2005 GB 0525870 (71) Applicant: De La Rue International Limited Basingstoke, Hants RG22 4BS (GB)	(72) Inventor: ZWAHLEN, Fritz CH-3257 Ammerzwil (CH) (74) Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund  Gill Jennings & Every LLP Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)