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A paternoster in Prague Paternoster elevator in The Hague, when it was still in operation. A paternoster (/ ˌ p eɪ t ər ˈ n ɒ s t ər /, / ˌ p ɑː-/, or / ˌ p æ-/) or paternoster lift is a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments (each usually designed for two people) that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building without stopping.
Paternoster lift, a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building; Paternoster beads, used in Christianity to recite the psalms; Paternoster (surname), a surname; Paternoster lake, one of a series of glacial lakes connected by a single stream or a braided stream system
English: Paternoster elevator at National Pensions Building by Alvar Aalto. Helsinki, Finland A shaft of perpetually moving "elevator" recesses carries the employees through the 6 floors of Aalto's National Pensions Building. At the ends of the shaft the elevator makes a quick horse shoe loop and continues moving in the opposite direction.
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A special type of elevator is the paternoster, a constantly moving chain of boxes. A similar concept, called the manlift or humanlift, moves only a small platform, which the rider mounts while using a handhold seen in multi-story industrial plants.
The Old Technical Town Hall is still equipped with a popular paternoster elevator. Therefore, the "Association for the Rescue of the Last Passenger Elevators", which was founded in Munich, was able to make changes to the Elevator Regulations, which initially called for extra service station for the paternoster elevators as of 2004.
ThyssenKrupp Elevator AG announced in 2021 a name change and rebranding to TK Elevator [1] Westinghouse : Elevator division bought by Schindler in 1989 Anton Freissler – invented and developed a number of paternoster and elevators.
It is a simple belt with steps or platforms and handholds rather than an elevator with cars. 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.