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(88) Date of publication A3: 18.11.2010 (43) Date of publication: 20.07.2011 Bulletin 2011/29 (21) Application number: 09752449.0 (22) Date of filing: 10.11.2009

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F26B 21/00(2006.01) F26B 21/06(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/GB2009/002630 (87) International publication number: WO 2010/055281 (20.05.2010 Gazette 2010/20)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: AL BA RS (30) Priority: 13.11.2008 GB 0820780 16.07.2009 GB 0912369 (71) Applicant: Ceramic Drying Systems Limited Stoke-on-Trent ST3 5JU (GB)	(72) Inventors: DUNNE, Terence, Patrick Staffordshire ST9 0DA (GB) BIRD, Graham Cheshire ST7 2YB (GB) STUBBING, Thomas, John South Auckland (NZ) (74) Representative: Bailey, Richard Alan  Marks & Clerk LLP 27 Imperial Square Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1RQ Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 1RQ (GB)