DUAL SHEAVE ROPE CLIMBER USING FLAT FLEXIBLE ROPES - Patent 1064216

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EP 1 064 216 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	28.10.1999

(43)	Date of publication:
	03.01.2001 Bulletin 2001/01

(21)	Application number: 99907158.2

(22)	Date of filing: 19.02.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B66B 11/08

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9903/649

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9943/601 (02.09.1999 Gazette 1999/35)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE ES FR IT PT

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Priority:

26.02.1998 US 31108
30.09.1998 US 163780
22.12.1998 US 218990

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

(72)	Inventors:
	HOLLOWELL, Richard, L. Hebron, CT 06248 (US) WAN, Samuel, C. Simsbury, CT 06070 (US) BONATRE, Guillaume, Georges F-45200 Montargis (FR)

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

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