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He demonstrated it at the New York exposition in the Crystal Palace in a dramatic, death-defying presentation in 1854, [10] [11] and the first such passenger elevator was installed at 488 Broadway in New York City on 23 March 1857. Elisha Otis's elevator patent drawing, 15 January 1861. The first elevator shaft preceded the first elevator by ...
He installed the first safety elevator for passenger service at the E. V. Haughwout Building in New York City in 1857. [ 6 ] [ 2 ] [ 5 ] In his spare time, he designed and experimented with his old designs of bread-baking ovens and train brakes, and patented a steam plow in 1857, a rotary oven in 1858, and, with Charles, the oscillating steam ...
Otis also took over the shares of LG Industrial Systems Elevator in December 1999 and changed the name of LG Industrial Systems Elevator to LG-OTIS. At the same time, the existing Korea OTIS was merged with it. In 2000, LG-OTIS founded Sigma Elevator and used Sigma brand to replace LG-OTIS,LG and Goldstar Brand at Overseas (International).
Montgomery Elevator: Acquired by Kone, Canadian division in 1985 and U.S. division in 1994. Marshall Elevator: Sold to Otis; Schweizerische Aufzügefabrik AG; Thyssen AG: Merged with Krupp and became ThyssenKrupp in 1999, with subsidiary ThyssenKrupp Elevator AG; ThyssenKrupp Elevator AG announced in 2021 a name change and rebranding to TK ...
Otis Elevator Company, is the world's largest manufacturer of vertical transportation systems today, principally elevators and escalators. Founded in Yonkers, New York, USA in 1853 by Elisha Otis , the company pioneered the development of the safety elevator, invented by Otis, which used a special mechanism to lock the elevator car in place ...
The Kone MonoSpace for low to mid-rise buildings is the world's first machine-room-less elevator. [16] The Kone EcoSpace elevator is a machine-room-less traction elevator designed for low-rise buildings from 2 to 4 stories as an energy-efficient alternative to hydraulic elevators, and can fit in an existing hydraulic elevator hoistway.
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The company developed floor control, automatic elevators, acceleration control of car safeties, and a number of freight elevators. The Sprague-Pratt elevator ran faster and with larger loads than hydraulic or steam elevators, and 584 elevators had been installed worldwide. Sprague sold his company to the Otis Elevator Company in 1895.