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EP 1 254 068 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 06.11.2002 Bulletin 2002/45 (21) Application number: 00983777.4 (22) Date of filing: 28.11.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B66B 3/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US0032/397 (87) International publication number: WO 0104/4095 (21.06.2001 Gazette 2001/25)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR (30) Priority: 14.12.1999 US 460804 (71) Applicant: Otis Elevator Company Farmington, CT 06032-2568 (US)	(72) Inventor: FATHI, Omar West Hartford, CT 06117 (US) (74) Representative: Klunker . Schmitt-Nilson . Hirsch  Winzererstrasse 106 80797 München 80797 München (DE)