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(12)UK Patent Application (19lGB M2 270 254 (13lA
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`(43) Date of A Publication 09.03.1994
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`Application No 9315954.!)
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`Date of Filing o2.os.1993 '
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`(51)
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`INT CL5
`A470 21/O2 , A476 9/02
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`(52) UK CL (Edition M)
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`Priority Data
`(31) 92167513
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`(32) 07.08.1992
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`(33) GB
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`MM M12
`A48 S12
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`Apphcantlsi
`John Cotton Home Textiles
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`(56) Documents Cited
`GB 225230 A
`G3 0313917 A
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`GB 1059790 A
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`GB os231es A
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`(53)
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`Field of Search
`UK CL (Edition L l A4M . A43 S12
`[NT CL5 A4-7c 21/92 I A475 9/02
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`(Incorporated in the United Kingdom)
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`Nunbrook Mills, MIRFIELD, West Yorkshire,
`WF14 OEH, United Kingdom
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`lnventorlsi
`Andrew Heriot Starkey
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`Agent and/or Address for Service
`Michael J Ajello
`207 Mass Lane, Bramhall, STOCKPORT, Cheshire,
`SK7 1BA, United Kingdom
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`(54) A filled product such as a pillow, cushion or duvet
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`(57) A filled product such a pillow, cushion or duvet comprises an envelope containing a filling material and
`consisting of a pair of superimposed sheets (10) of a cover material connected together all around the product
`by a gusset (11) preferably having a single seam (12), such that a box-like structure is provided. A piped seam
`may be provided between the edge of each superimposed sheet (10) and the adjacent edge of the gusset (11).
`The product may have two superimposed separate compartments constructed in like manner and/or may be
`divided lengthwise by internal panels to create separate side-by-side compartments.
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`V1792OLZZ8'3
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`At least one drawing originally filed was informal and the print reproduced here is taken from a later filed formal copy.
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`A FILLED PRODUCT SUCH AS A PILLOW, CUSHION OR DUVET
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`THIS INVENTION concerns a filled product such as a
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`pillow, cushion or duvet, comprising an envelope containing loose
`filling material such as feather. Conventionally, such products are
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`made from two superimposed sheets of a woven cover material, sewn
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`around the edges and containing the filling material.
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`An object of the present
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`invention is to provide an
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`improved form of filled product with increased comfort and support.
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`According to the present invention there is provided a
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`filled product such as a pillow, cushion or duvet, comprising an
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`envelope containing a filling material, characterised in that the
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`envelope consists of a pair of superimposed sheets of a cover material
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`connected together all around the filled product by a gusset of a
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`cover material, such that when the envelope is filled with said filling
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`material a box-like structure is provided.
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`Preferably, a piped seam is provided between the edge of
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`each of the superimposed sheets and the adjacent edge of the gusset.
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`In one embodiment,
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`the filled product may comprise two
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`envelopes and constructed of
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`three superimposed sheets of cover
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`material connected together by two gussets one above the other thus
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`to provide an envelope having two superimposed separate
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`compartments.
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`In addition,
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`the interior of the box-like structure may be
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`divided lengthwise into two or more separate compartments by
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`internal panels sewn to the superimposed sheets and to the gusset,
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`whereby filling material
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`is confined to the separate compartments and
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`prevented from moving lengthwise along the filled product.
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`Three embodiments of
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`the invention will now be
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`described, by way of example only, with reference to the
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`accompanying drawings which are three schematic isometric views
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`illustrating pillows made in accordance with the invention.
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`In Fig. 1,
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`in the simplest embodiment, a box-like pillow
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`is provided by two superimposed sheets 10 of cover material which,
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`for example, may be 100% cotton cambric, each sewn separately to a
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`shallow gusset ll of a similar material having a single seam 12 at
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`one corner. The upper and lower edges 13 and 14 of the so formed
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`box-like structure may be provided with a piped seam for an enhanced
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`external appearance.
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`As with conventional filled products,
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`the box-like
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`structure is filled optionally with 100% duck feather or by any of the
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`loose materials usually employed as fillings.
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`In a second embodiment as illustrated in Fig. 2 a double
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`box-like structure is formed by three superimposed sheets 10 of cover
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`material, and two side gussets 11 to form two discrete superimposed
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`compartments each containing a filling material.
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`In this case, the
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`characteristics of the two filling materials may be different thus to
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`combine the advantages of comfort and support.
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`In Fig. 3 there is
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`illustrated a further embodiment
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`comprising a single box-like pillow generally similar to that illustrated
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`in Fig.
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`1 but in this case divided lengthwise by two sewn panels 15 of
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`any material capable of dividing the interior of the pillow into three
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`discrete compartments each containing filling material. Provision of
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`the dividing panels ensures that the filling cannot drift preferentially
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`to the end regions leaving the central region partially flattened.
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`If
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`required,
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`the central region may contain a different filling material
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`from that contained in the end regions to be more or less firm than
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`the latter for support or comfort, or for ease of washing.
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`In the embodiments of Figs. 2 and 3 as in that of Fig.
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`1
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`external piping may be provided around the upper and lower edges of
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`the finished pillow.
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`In each embodiment,
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`the overall dimensions of the pillow
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`are selected such that they may be introduced into a standard pillow
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`case. Typically the length will be 65 cm and the width will be 40
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`cm.
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`In the single layered embodiments of Figs.
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`1 and 3 the depth
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`will be in the region of 10 cm whilst
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`in the embodiment of Fig. 2
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`the depth may be between 15 and 20 cm.
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`In the case of a cushion or duvet, again the product will
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`have dimensions similar to conventional products for introduction into
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`standard decorative covers.
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`1.
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`A filled product such as a pillow, cushion or duvet
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`comprising an envelope containing a filling material; characterised in
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`that the envelope consists of a pair of superimposed sheets of a cover
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`material connected together all around the filled product by a gusset
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`of a cover material, such that when the envelope is filled with said
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`filling material a box—like structure is provided.
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`2.
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`A filled product according to Claim 1, wherein a piped
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`seam is provided between the edge of each of the superimposed
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`sheets and the adjacent edge of the gusset.
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`3.
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`A filled product according to Claim 1 or Claim 2,
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`wherein the filled product comprises two envelopes and constructed of
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`three superimposed sheets of cover material connected together by
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`two gussets one above the other thus to provide an envelope having
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`two superimposed separate compartments.
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`4.
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`A filled product according to any preceding claim,
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`in
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`which the interior of the box—like structure is divided length—wise into
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`two or more separate side-by-side compartments by internal panels
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`attached to the superimposed sheets and to the or each gusset
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`whereby filling material is confined in said separate compartments and
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`prevented from moving lengthwise along the filled product.
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`5.
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`A filled product according to Claim 3 or Claim 4,
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`wherein two or more different filling materials having different
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`characteristics are contained within the separate side-by-side
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`compartments respectively thus to combine the advantages of comfort
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`and support.
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`6.
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`A filled product according to any preceding claim,
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`wherein the cover material is 100% cotton cambric.
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`7.
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`A filled product according to any preceding claim,
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`wherein the or at least some of the filling material is 100% duck
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`feather.
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`8.
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`A filled product such as a pillow cushion or duvet,
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`substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to and as
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`illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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`" 7 "
`Patents Act 1977
`Examiner’s report to the Comptroller under Section 17
`{The Search report)
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`1
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`Relevant Technical Fields
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`(i) UK Cl (Ed.L)
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`A4M; A4S (S12)
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`(ii) Int Cl (Ed.5)
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`A47C 21/02; A47G 9/O2
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`Databases (see below)
`(i) UK Patent Office collections of GB, EP, W0 and US patent
`specifications.
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`Application number
`GB 93159549
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`Search Examiner
`M J PENNELL
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`Date of completion of Search
`29 NOVEMBER 1993
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`Documents considered relevant
`following a search in respect of
`Claims :-
`1-8
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`(ii)
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`Categories of documents
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`Document indicating lack of novelty or of inventive step.
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`Document indicating lack of inventive step if combined with
`one or more other documents of the same category.
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`Document indicating technological background and/or state
`of the art.
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`:
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`:
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`Document published on or after the declared priority date
`but before the filing date of the present application.
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`Patent document published on or after, but with priority date
`earlier than, the filing date of the present application.
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`Member of the same patent family; corresponding document.
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`Identity of document and relevant passages
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`Relevant to
`claim(s)
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`GB 2225230 A
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`(MCGOWAN) See eg. Figure 1
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`GB 1059790
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`(BEAUVALE) See Figures
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`GB 823166
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`(SLATER)
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`GB 813917
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`(REISNER) See Figures
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`Databases:The UK Patent Office database comprises classified collections ofGB. EP, W0 and US patent specifications as outlined periodically in the Official Journal
`(Patents). The on-line databases considered for search are also listed periodically in the Official Journal (Patents).
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