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  2. Dumbwaiter - Wikipedia

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    A simple dumbwaiter is a movable frame in a shaft, dropped by a rope on a pulley, guided by rails; most dumbwaiters have a shaft, cart, and capacity smaller than those of passenger elevators, usually 45 to 450 kg (100 to 992 lbs.) [2] Before electric motors were added in the 1920s, dumbwaiters were controlled manually by ropes on pulleys.

  3. The Click & Carry makes schlepping groceries more comfortable

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    Over 3,500 Amazon customers think the Click & Carry is worthy of a perfect rating — big shocker! "Love this bag carrier," wrote a happy reviewer. "This has saved my hands so much pain from ...

  4. Google Translate - Wikipedia

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    Google Translate is a web-based free-to-use translation service developed by Google in April 2006. [12] It translates multiple forms of texts and media such as words, phrases and webpages. Originally, Google Translate was released as a statistical machine translation (SMT) service. [ 12 ]

  5. Litter (vehicle) - Wikipedia

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    Often simply called a silla (Spanish for seat or chair), it consisted of a simple wooden chair with an attached tumpline. The occupant sat in the chair, which was then affixed to the back of a single porter, with the tumpline supported by his head.

  6. Mobile translation - Wikipedia

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    Mobile translation may include a number of useful features, auxiliary to text translation which forms the basis of the service. While the user can input text using the device keyboard, they can also use pre-existing text in the form of email or SMS messages received on the user's device (email/SMS translation).

  7. Convenience store - Wikipedia

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    Interior of a Japanese 7-Eleven convenience store (2014) A typical bodega in New York City (2019). A convenience store, convenience shop, bodega, corner store, corner shop, superette or mini-mart is a small retail store that stocks a range of everyday items such as convenience food, groceries, beverages, tobacco products, lottery tickets, over-the-counter drugs, toiletries, newspapers and ...

  8. Stair lift - Wikipedia

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    An "energy chain" ran alongside or through the rail to carry the power cable from the supply point to the carriage. More recently, domestic stair lifts have been powered from rechargeable batteries and use direct current (DC). One of the selling points is that a DC stair lift will continue to function during a power outage, provided the ...

  9. Stretcher - Wikipedia

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    EMTs using a stretcher in 2001. Armed escort carries the wounded to the Senegalese border, Guinea-Bissau, 1974. A stretcher, gurney, litter, or pram [1] is an apparatus used for moving patients who require medical care.