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Its design is similar to that of a paternoster lift. The belt is a loop that moves in a single direction, so one can go up or down by using the opposite sides of the loop. The belt moves continuously, so one can simply get on when a step passes and step off when passing any desired floor without having to call and wait for a car to arrive. [1]
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An aerial work platform (AWP), also known as an aerial device, elevating work platform (EWP), aerial lift, cherry picker, bucket truck or mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) is a mechanical device used to provide temporary access for people or equipment to inaccessible areas, usually at height. There are distinct types of mechanized access ...
In the 1820s British inventor George Pocock developed man-lifting kites, using his own children in his experimentation. [8]In the early 1890s, Captain B. F. S. Baden-Powell, soon to become president of the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain, developed his "Levitor" kite, a hexagonal-shaped kite intended to be used by the army in order to lift a man for aerial observation or for lifting ...
The Ultra Booms also have a full-time four-wheel drive for reliable traction. In 2011, JLG introduced the 1500SJ, which is the first straight boom lift that takes workers to 150 feet without an oversized load permit (an overweight permit is required for highway transportation).
Hoist atop an elevator. A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its lifting medium.
Natural stone lift to platform – 5 Rocks ranging from 137–170 kilograms (302–375 lb) in 25.52 seconds (2012 World's Strongest Man) (World Record) [87] Natural stone lift to platform – 4 Rocks ranging from 120–190 kilograms (265–419 lb) in 24.61 seconds (2016 Arnold Australia) (World Record) [88] [89]
In 2013, in Salvage, Newfoundland and Labrador, Cecil Stuckless, a 72-year-old man, lifted a Jeep to save his son-in-law pinned underneath. [29] [30] In 2014, in Minnesota, Bob Renning, a 52 year old man, gripped the door frame of an on fire 2006 Chevy Trailblazer, pulling and bending the door frame in half, shattering the glass of the window ...