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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. Lazy Susan - Wikipedia

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   According to lore, Thomas Jefferson invented the device, which was known as a "dumbwaiter", for his daughter Susan. Regardless of the origins of the name, by 1917 it was advertised in Vanity Fair [ 4 ] as "Ovington's $8.50 mahogany 'Revolving Server or Lazy Susan ' ", [ 5 ] but the term's use predates both the advertisement and, probably, the ...

4. Dumbwaiter (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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   A dumbwaiter (lit. "silent waiter") is a small freight elevator. Dumbwaiter may also refer to: Lazy Susan, a small rotating table to serve food on a table; The Dumb Waiter, a 1957 one-act play by Harold Pinter; Dumb Waiters, a 1980 album by The Korgis "Dumb Waiters" (song), a 1981 song by the Psychedelic Furs

5. What Is A Dumbwaiter, The Appliance Mentioned In ... - AOL

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   What is a dumbwaiter, and are they still being used today? All about the mysterious appliance mentioned in the first episode of Netflix's show 'The Watcher.'

6. "The Watcher" Has Everyone Talking About This Creepy Appliance

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7. George W. Cannon - Wikipedia

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   George W. Cannon was an American inventor from New York.He is best known for the invention of the mechanical dumbwaiter.Cannon first filed for the patent of a brake system (US Patent no. 260776) that could be used for a dumbwaiter on January 6, 1883. [1]

8. Autopsy: Waitress caught head in dumbwaiter - AOL

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   FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. (AP) - An autopsy finds that a waitress died of severe head injuries after getting her head caught in a dumbwaiter at a Wisconsin restaurant last week, police said Tuesday.

9. Paternoster lift - Wikipedia

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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.