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EP 0163014 A3 19870729 - APPARATUS FOR POLISHING FOOTWEAR

Title (en)

APPARATUS FOR POLISHING FOOTWEAR

Publication

EP 0163014 A3 19870729 (EN)

Application

EP 85102418 A 19850304

Priority

IT 1990184 A 19840305

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0163014A2] An apparatus for polishing footwear (c) comprises a pair of brushes (16, 18) placed near one another and being turned with a reversible rotating motion, having their axes lying in a vertical plane. A footwear moving device causes the footwear to pass between the brushes.

IPC 1-7

A47L 23/18

IPC 8 full level

A47L 23/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A47L 23/02 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

[X] US 3010130 A 19611128 - FERRARI JOHN R
[Y] US 3066338 A 19621204 - NAPPI JOHN J
[Y] US 2554524 A 19510529 - DANIELSON CARL E
[Y] DE 168617 C

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0163014 A2 19851204; EP 0163014 A3 19870729; IT 1175412 B 19870701; IT 8419901 A0 19840305

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 85102418 A 19850304; IT 1990184 A 19840305