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EP 1059060 A2 20001213 - Footwear wiper

Title (en)

Footwear wiper

Title (de)

Schuhabstreifer

Title (fr)

Paillasson

Publication

EP 1059060 A2 20001213 (EN)

Application

EP 00304831 A 20000607

Priority

LK 1173599 A 19990608

Abstract (en)

A footwear wiper (20) comprises an outer metal wire frame (22), a series of rubber or plastics separators (10) each extending between two opposite parallel sides of the outer frame (20), a series of twisted-in fibre rods (30), each extending parallel to the two sides of the frame through holes (14) in the separators (10) and further twisted-in fibre rods (32A, 32B, 32C) raised from the level of the base mat. This allows both the sides and bottom of the footwear to be cleaned efficiently. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

A47L 23/24

IPC 8 full level

A47L 23/24 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A47L 23/24 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE DE FR GB LU NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1059060 A2 20001213; EP 1059060 A3 20020911

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 00304831 A 20000607