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(11) EP 1 208 265 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
29.05.2002 Bulletin 2002/22

(21) Application number: 00957636.4

(22) Date of filing: 21.08.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7D07B 1/00, D07B 1/16, D07B 1/22
(86) International application number:
PCT/US0022/943
(87) International publication number:
WO 0114/630 (01.03.2001 Gazette 2001/09)
(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

(30) Priority: 26.08.1999 US 150877 P

(71) Applicant: Otis Elevator Company
Farmington, CT 06032-2568 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • PREWO, Karl, M.
    Vernon, CT 06066 (US)
  • THOMPSON, Mark, S.
    Tolland, CT 06084 (US)
  • BARANDA, Pedro, S.
    Needham, MA 12492 (US)
  • JARMON, David, C.
    Kensington, CT 06037 (US)

(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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