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  2. Elisha Otis - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) - Wikipedia

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    1852 Elevator brake. An elevator or lift is a vertical transport vehicle that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building. In 1852, Elisha Graves Otis invented the first safety brake for elevators which prevents an elevator from spiralling into a free fall between numerous floors inside a building. [119] 1853 Burglar alarm

  4. Norton P. Otis - Wikipedia

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    Coat of Arms of Norton P. Otis. Otis was born in Halifax, Vermont. His father was Elisha Otis, inventor of the safety elevator and a descendant of the Otis family that is counted among the Boston Brahmin families. He attended public schools in Halifax, Albany, Hudson, and Yonkers, New York.

  5. Otis Worldwide - Wikipedia

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    The company pioneered the development of the "safety elevator", invented by Elisha Otis in 1852, which used a special mechanism that locked the elevator car in place against hoisting rope failure. The Otis Elevator Company was acquired by United Technologies in 1976, but it was spun off as an independent company 44 years later in April 2020 as ...

  6. Elevator - Wikipedia

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    In 1852, Elisha Otis introduced the safety elevator, which prevented the fall of the cab if the cable broke. 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.

  7. Brake pad - Wikipedia

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    The brake pads must usually be replaced regularly (depending on pad material). Most brake pads are equipped with a method of alerting the driver when this needs to be done. A common technique is manufacturing a small central groove whose eventual disappearance by wear indicates the end of a pad's service life.

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