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An elevator is a transport device used to move goods or people vertically. Outside North America, elevators are known more commonly as lifts. Other languages may have loanwords based on either elevator (e.g. Japanese) or lift (e.g. Cantonese). Because of wheelchair access laws, elevators are often a requirement in new buildings with multiple floors.
Design
Elevators began as simple rope or chain hoists. An elevator is essentially a platform that is either pulled or pushed up by a mechanical means. A modern day elevator consists of a cab (also called a "cage" or "car") mounted on a platform within an enclosed space called a shaft or more correctly a "hoistway". In the past elevator drive mechanisms were powered by steam and water hydraulic pistons.
In a "traction" elevator, cars are pulled up by means of rolling steel ropes over a deeply grooved pulley, commonly called a sheave in the industry. The weight of the car is balanced with a counterweight. Sometimes two elevators move always synchronizedly in opposite direction, and they are each other's counterweight.
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@Kalediscope and elevators "lifts"
mizrik (Aunteeee Rik) Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:17:57 -0000
@Kalediscope and elevators "lifts"
@katyperry sounds like ur doin ok!!! Don't forget elevators are lifts and fannies are....well front bottoms hehe xxx
JessieLawlor (Jess Lawlor) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:11:38 -0000
@katyperry sounds like ur doin ok!!! Don't forget elevators are lifts and fannies are....well front bottoms hehe xxx
@nb42 Stairs definitely faster than elevators...and lifts!! \m/
anirudhkaul (Anirudh Kaul) Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:27:16 -0000
@nb42 Stairs definitely faster than elevators...and lifts!! \m/
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