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(43) Date of publication: 06.10.1982 Bulletin 1982/40 (21) Application number: 81901362.0 (22) Date of filing: 03.10.1980

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B66F 9/ 08( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1980/001326 (87) International publication number: WO 1982/001181 (15.04.1982 Gazette 1982/10)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB (71) Applicant: TOWMOTOR CORPORATION Mentor, OH 44060 (US)	(72) Inventor: McVEEN, Milford D. Highland Heights, OH 44143 (US) (74) Representative: Wagner, Karl H.  WAGNER & GEYER Patentanwälte Gewuerzmuehlstrasse 5 Postfach 246 D-8000 München 22 D-8000 München 22 (DE)