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EP 0 067 152 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 22.12.1982 Bulletin 1982/51 (21) Application number: 81901400.0 (22) Date of filing: 19.12.1980

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B66F 9/ 08( . ) B66F 9/ 22( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1980/001703 (87) International publication number: WO 1982/002188 (08.07.1982 Gazette 1982/17)

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