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(11) EP 1 042 211 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
11.10.2000 Bulletin 2000/41

(21) Application number: 99909521.9

(22) Date of filing: 19.02.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B66B 11/06
(86) International application number:
PCT/US9903/650
(87) International publication number:
WO 9943/599 (02.09.1999 Gazette 1999/35)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR IT PT

(30) Priority: 26.02.1998 US 31108
30.09.1998 US 163676
22.12.1998 US 218990

(71) Applicant: OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
Farmington, CT 06032 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Jones, David Wayne
    Mentone (AU)
  • Kanzaki, Yuji
    Kawasaki-shi,Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Nabetani, Tadaaki
    Inagi-shi,Tokyo (JP)
  • MORI, Toshimitsu
    Kanagawa (JP)
  • Shibasaki, Shusaku
    Yasio Shi,Saitama Pref. 340-0822 (JP)
  • Shioda, Yasuhisa
    Minato-ku,Tokyo (JP)
  • Tateno, Hiroaki
    Kawasaki-shi,Kanagawa (JP)

(74) Representative: Leckey, David Herbert 
Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL
London EC4V 4EL (GB)

   


(54) DRUM DRIVE ELEVATOR USING FLAT BELT