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EP 0 050 119 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 28.04.1982 Bulletin 1982/17 (21) Application number: 81900671.0 (22) Date of filing: 07.04.1980

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B66F 9/ 14( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1980/000380 (87) International publication number: WO 1981/002885 (15.10.1981 Gazette 1981/24)

(84) Designated Contracting States: FR GB SE (71) Applicant: TOWMOTOR CORPORATION Mentor, OH 44060 (US)	(72) Inventor: REEVES, Jerry L. Dallas, OR 97338 (US) (74) Representative: Jackson, Peter Arthur, et al  GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)