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EP 0 070 876 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 09.02.1983 Bulletin 1983/06 (21) Application number: 82900701.0 (22) Date of filing: 11.01.1982

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B66B 1/ 14( . ) B66B 1/ 50( . ) B66B 11/ 02( . ) B66B 1/ 46( . ) B66B 3/ 00( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1982/000029 (87) International publication number: WO 1982/002704 (19.08.1982 Gazette 1982/20)

(84) Designated Contracting States: CH DE FR LI NL SE (30) Priority: 02.02.1981 US 19810230840 (71) Applicant: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY Farmington, CT 06032 (US)	(72) Inventors: BEVILACQUA, Ernest M. Wilton, CT 06897 (US) McCROSKERY, Allan L. Weston, CT 06880 (US) KNERR, Theodore N. New York, NY 10024 (US) (74) Representative: Jolly, Jean-Pierre, et al  Cabinet Jolly 54, rue de Clichy F-75009 Paris F-75009 Paris (FR)