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(11) EP 0 353 016 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
25.04.1990 Bulletin 1990/17

(43) Date of publication A2:
31.01.1990 Bulletin 1990/05

(21) Application number: 89307527.5

(22) Date of filing: 25.07.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B66B 13/12, B66B 13/06
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 26.07.1988 GB 8817746

(71) Applicant: L.A. HUSBANDS LTD
Birmingham B63 3PP (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Wilkinson, John
    Walsall Birmingham, WS5 3NE (GB)

(74) Representative: Cuddon, George Desmond (GB) et al
Marks & Clerk Alpha Tower Suffolk Street Queensway
GB-Birmingham B1 1TT
GB-Birmingham B1 1TT (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Electrically driven service lift


    (57) A service lift has a door assembly which includes vertical guides (20, 21) on opposite sides of an access opening, and two doors (22, 23) which are vertically slidable in the guides (20, 21). A flexible cable (33) links the doors (22, 23) for simultaneous movement in opposite direction towards and away from a shut position. The cable (33) is secured to the doors (22, 23) adjacent zones (26) thereof which abut when the doors are shut. The door assembly may be in an access opening in a car of the lift or in a landing opening.







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