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EP 2 686 488 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 22.01.2014 Bulletin 2014/04 (21) Application number: 12713256.1 (22) Date of filing: 23.02.2012

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  E02D 13/04(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/GB2012/050407 (87) International publication number: WO 2012/127201 (27.09.2012 Gazette 2012/39)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL 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 RS SE SI SK SM TR (30) Priority: 18.03.2011 GB 201104612 (71) Applicant: IHC Sea Steel Ltd Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 0NB (GB)	(72) Inventor: GUNTER, David Howel Poole Dorset BH17 7DS (GB) (74) Representative: Evens, Paul Jonathan  Maguire Boss 24 East Street St. Ives Cambridgeshire PE27 5PD St. Ives Cambridgeshire PE27 5PD (GB)