Anti-unwind assembly - Patent 1092409

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EP 1 092 409 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	06.02.2002 Bulletin 2002/06

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	18.04.2001 Bulletin 2001/16

(21)	Application number: 00308486.0

(22)	Date of filing: 27.09.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61G 7/10

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

15.10.1999 GB 9924349

(71)	Applicant: Silver Crown Associates Limited
	Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST1 5NH (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Steadman, William David Port Saint Lucie, Florida 34952 (US)

(74)	Representative: Sales, Robert Reginald
	Swindell & Pearson, 48 Friar Gate Derby DE1 1GY Derby DE1 1GY (GB)

(54)	Anti-unwind assembly

(57) An anti-unwind assembly 10,30 arranged to prevent full unwinding and hence potential rewinding the other way round of a band 14 of a bath lift. The assembly 10,30 comprising an elongate member 18 rotatable with a winding member (16) and an engagement member in the form of a nut 20 or a profiled member 32 mounted on the elongate member 18. Full unwinding and potential rewinding of the band 14 is prevented by the engagement member 20,32 engaging with an abutment member 22,36 on which a microswitch 24 is provided. When the engagement member 20,32 engages the microswitch 24 the lift motor automatically switches off to prevent full unwinding and potential rewinding of the band 14.

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