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(43) Date of publication: 26.04.2017 Bulletin 2017/17 (21) Application number: 15741725.4 (22) Date of filing: 19.06.2015

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G01F 15/00(2006.01) E03B 7/07(2006.01) F16K 33/00(2006.01) G01F 3/38(2006.01) C02F 1/00(2006.01) G01F 22/00(2006.01) G01F 1/00(2006.01) G01F 15/07(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/EP2015/001245 (87) International publication number: WO 2015/192968 (23.12.2015 Gazette 2015/51)

(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 Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: MA (30) Priority: 20.06.2014 EP 14173224 (71) Applicants: Unilever N.V. 3013 AL Rotterdam (NL) AL AT BE BG CH CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GR HR HU IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR  Unilever PLC London, Greater London EC4Y 0DY (GB) CY GB IE MT

(72) Inventors: HANKARE, Anil 400 099 Mumbai (IN) MANI, Vasanthan 560048 Bangalore (IN) NATARAJAN, Suresh Kumar 560048 Bangalore (IN) (74) Representative: van den Brom, Coenraad Richard  Unilever Patent Group Olivier van Noortlaan 120 3133 AT Vlaardingen 3133 AT Vlaardingen (NL)