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(11) EP 0 678 624 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.12.1995 Bulletin 1995/52

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.10.1995 Bulletin 1995/43

(21) Application number: 95302489.0

(22) Date of filing: 13.04.1995
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6E01C 23/22
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR GB NL

(30) Priority: 18.04.1994 GB 9407652

(71) Applicant: ROCOL LIMITED
Swillington Leeds LS26 8BS (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Leitch, William Michael Ralph
    Selby, North Yorkshire YO8 9DS (GB)

(74) Representative: Weston, Robert Dale et al
c/o PHILLIPS & LEIGH 7 Staple Inn High Holborn
London WC1V 7QF
London WC1V 7QF (GB)


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    (54) Line marking applicators


    (57) A line marking applicator (10) comprising a frame (12) having an axle (30) on which is journalled a pair of surface contacting wheels (32) and a marker fluid aerosol mounting (14,16) positioned on the frame so that, when fitted with an aerosol (15), marker fluid can be sprayed between the wheels onto a surface, the width of the sprayed line being defined by, on each of said pair of wheels (32), an integral inner surface (40) extending continuously from the axle (30) to a rim (42) having a smaller diameter than that of the wheel rim (44) and which is axially inwardly offset from the wheel rim to provide a circumferential groove (46); preferably each wheel (32) is provided with a tyre (44), the diameter (D2) of which is greater than the diameter (D1) of the inner surface rim (42) and which is axially offset from the inner surface rim to form the peripheral groove (46).







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