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EP 4 213 684 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 26.07.2023 Bulletin 2023/30 (21) Application number: 21769796.0 (22) Date of filing: 03.09.2021

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A45D 20/12(2006.01) A45D 20/00(2006.01) A45D 20/10(2006.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): A45D 20/12; A45D 20/124; A45D 20/10; A45D 20/00 (86) International application number: PCT/GB2021/052278 (87) International publication number: WO 2022/058710 (24.03.2022 Gazette 2022/12)

(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: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 18.09.2020 GB 202014730 (71) Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED Malmesbury Wiltshire SN16 0RP (GB)	(72) Inventors: COULTON, Robert Malmesbury Wiltshire SN16 0RP (GB) KEANE, Martin Malmesbury Wiltshire SN16 0RP (GB) DABBS, Peter Malmesbury Wiltshire SN16 0RP (GB) (74) Representative: Fowler, Maria Jayne et al Dyson Technology Limited Intellectual Property Department Tetbury Hill Malmesbury, Wiltshire, SN16 0RP Malmesbury, Wiltshire, SN16 0RP (GB)