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<ep-patent-document id="EP0858749A3" country="EP" dtd-version="ep-patent-document-v1-4.dtd" doc-number="0858749" date-publ="20000517" file="97304831.7" lang="en" kind="A3" status="n"><SDOBI lang="en"><B000><eptags><B001EP>ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIE......FI........</B001EP><B005EP>R</B005EP><B007EP>DIM360   - Ver 2.9 (30 Jun 1998)  1620000/0</B007EP></eptags></B000><B100><B110>0858749</B110><B120><B121>EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION</B121></B120><B130>A3</B130><B140><date>20000517</date></B140><B190>EP</B190></B100><B200><B210>97304831.7</B210><B220><date>19970702</date></B220><B250>En</B250><B251EP>En</B251EP><B260>En</B260></B200><B300><B310>3211297</B310><B320><date>19970217</date></B320><B330><ctry>JP</ctry></B330></B300><B400><B405><date>20000517</date><bnum>200020</bnum></B405><B430><date>19980819</date><bnum>199834</bnum></B430></B400><B500><B510><B516>7</B516><B511> 7A 46B   9/02   A</B511><B512> 7A 46B   5/02   B</B512></B510><B540><B541>de</B541><B542>Besen und Reinigungsverfahren</B542><B541>en</B541><B542>Broom and method of cleaning with the same</B542><B541>fr</B541><B542>Balai et procédé de nettoyage</B542></B540><B590><B598>1</B598></B590></B500><B700><B710><B711><snm>Bloom Work Company, Incorporated</snm><iid>02346300</iid><irf>MRH.P03719EP</irf><adr><str>185-6, Naka-Kibougaoka, Asahi-ku</str><city>Yokohama, Kanagawa</city><ctry>JP</ctry></adr></B711></B710><B720><B721><snm>Kamo, Kumiko</snm><adr><str>185-6, Naka-Kibougaoka, Asahi-ku</str><city>Yokohama, Kanagawa</city><ctry>JP</ctry></adr></B721></B720><B740><B741><snm>Higgins, Michael Roger</snm><iid>00031802</iid><adr><str>A.R. Davies &amp; Co. 27, Imperial Square</str><city>Cheltenham Glos. GL50 1RQ</city><ctry>GB</ctry></adr></B741></B740></B700><B800><B840><ctry>AT</ctry><ctry>BE</ctry><ctry>CH</ctry><ctry>DE</ctry><ctry>DK</ctry><ctry>ES</ctry><ctry>FI</ctry><ctry>FR</ctry><ctry>GB</ctry><ctry>GR</ctry><ctry>IE</ctry><ctry>IT</ctry><ctry>LI</ctry><ctry>LU</ctry><ctry>MC</ctry><ctry>NL</ctry><ctry>PT</ctry><ctry>SE</ctry></B840><B880><date>20000517</date><bnum>200020</bnum></B880></B800></SDOBI><abstract id="abst" lang="en"><p id="p0001" num="0001">A broom (A) comprising a broomstick (1) and a broom body (2), wherein the broom body (2) having an orthogonally bent shape in a horizontal viewpoint comprises a retaining portion (3) to be attached to the flat tip portion (1a) of the broomstick (1), and a sweeping portion (5) to be implanted into the retaining portion (3), and the retaining portion (3) further comprises right and left linear implantation frames (6, 7) which receive the sweeping portion (5) through implantation and are connected orthogonally to each other, and right and left forked connection arms (11, 12) which are adapted to attach the right and left linear implantation frames (6, 7) to the flat tip portion (1a) of the broomstick (1).<img id="" file="00000001.TIF" he="118" wi="52" img-content="drawing" img-format="tif" orientation="portrait" inline="no"/></p></abstract><search-report-data id="srep" lang="en" srep-office="EP" date-produced=""><doc-page id="srep0001" file="90000001.TIF" he="240" wi="155" type="tif"/><doc-page id="srep0002" file="90010001.TIF" he="239" wi="157" type="tif"/></search-report-data></ep-patent-document>
