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EP 0 221 064 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 13.05.1987 Bulletin 1987/20 (21) Application number: 85903331.0 (22) Date of filing: 04.07.1985

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F16F 9/ 48( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1985/000298 (87) International publication number: WO 1986/000675 (30.01.1986 Gazette 1986/03)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE (30) Priority: 06.07.1984 GB 19840017234 18.07.1984 GB 19840018360 (71) Applicant: HANDLING CONSULTANTS LIMITED Gloucestershire, GL6 9JE (GB)	(72) Inventors: WILLIAMS, Geoffrey, Hugh Tetbury, Gloucestershire GL8 8YU (GB) HOWGEGO, William, Joseph Gloucestershire GL5 2DO (GB)