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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.) Before electric motors were added in the 1920s, dumbwaiters
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inventor. He first filed for the patent of a brake system (US Patent no. 260776) that could be used for a dumbwaiter on
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or lift intended to carry food. Dumbwaiters found within modern structures, including both commercial, public and private buildings, are often connected between multiple floors. When installed in restaurants, schools, hospitals, retirement homes or private homes, they generally terminate in a
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estate whenever she visited him at both places. She also wrote that these dumbwaiters were built to reduce the number of servants required near dining rooms, allowing more privacy in conversations which might include sensitive information.
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in libraries and mail or other freight transports in office towers may be larger than many dumbwaiters in public restaurants and private homes, supporting loads as heavy as 450 kg (1000 lbs).
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extremely popular in finer homes. Maids used them to deliver laundry to the laundry room, making it unnecessary to carry dirty laundry through the house, saving time and preventing injury.
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1603:Roof lantern
1355:Smoking room
1325:Long gallery
1305:Drawing room
1291:Conservatory
1198:Storm cellar
1169:Storage room
1165:Utility room
1161:Laundry room
1137:Furnace room
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728:Shared rooms
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213:Curly Howard
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1696:Home repair
1493:Belt course
1401:Hidden room
1330:Lumber room
1246:Antechamber
1237:Great house
1217:Wine cellar
1188:Root cellar
1141:Boiler room
1122:Crawl space
793:Living room
786:kitchenette
771:Home cinema
756:Family room
751:Dining room
741:Common room
362:dumbwaiter.
234:(1997) and
148:White House
94:Description
79:lazy Susans
65:is a small
1740:Categories
1706:Tree house
1676:Front yard
1608:Sill plate
1556:Foundation
1498:Bressummer
1411:house plan
1380:Undercroft
1365:State room
1315:Great hall
1284:still room
951:dumbwaiter
936:Cubby-hole
766:Great room
736:Bonus room
600:2008-08-26
544:2008-08-26
463:2012-10-30
389:Lazy Susan
300:References
172:Alger Hiss
152:Monticello
135:In history
63:dumbwaiter
55:Hundskugel
1756:Elevators
1630:Threshold
1513:Colonnade
1458:Townhouse
1396:Furniture
1300:Courtyard
1202:Safe room
1112:Cloakroom
1080:Technical
1070:Vestibule
1055:Staircase
994:Inglenook
967:Fireplace
926:Breezeway
798:Gynaeceum
650:(total).
70:kitchen.
1671:Driveway
1666:Backyard
1625:Skylight
1588:Plumbing
1583:Ornament
1578:Lighting
1488:Baluster
1476:elements
1448:Detached
1443:Terraced
1295:Orangery
1274:scullery
1251:Ballroom
1227:Workshop
1212:Wardrobe
1200: /
1167: /
1163: /
1139: /
1102:Basement
1034:sleeping
1029:screened
1014:Overhang
958:Entryway
946:Elevator
860:Bathroom
815:man cave
656:52005149
638:(1952).
324:, 1998.
268:In Japan
168:Brooklyn
150:and his
1659:Related
1635:Transom
1527:Cornice
1517:Portico
1508:Chimney
1503:Ceiling
1335:Parlour
1320:Library
1279:spicery
1269:saucery
1264:buttery
1107:Carport
1089:storage
1084:utility
1065:Veranda
1060:Terrace
989:Hallway
921:Balcony
900:Nursery
895:Cabinet
890:Boudoir
872:Bedroom
844:Sunroom
776:Kitchen
642:Witness
243:Gallery
219:shorts
1723:
1681:Garden
1650:Window
1593:Quoins
1571:Portal
1522:Column
1438:Duplex
1416:styles
1375:Turret
1207:Studio
1183:Pantry
1156:Larder
1146:Garage
1117:Closet
1051:Stairs
1009:Loggia
972:hearth
962:Genkan
916:Atrium
909:Spaces
878:closet
865:toilet
834:Shrine
810:Andron
761:Garret
654:
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328:
53:, the
51:Munich
1640:Vault
1613:Style
1561:Gable
1551:Floor
1531:Eaves
1421:types
1406:House
1389:Other
1360:Solar
1340:Sauna
1239:areas
1178:floor
1097:Attic
1024:Porch
1019:Patio
999:Lanai
979:Foyer
839:Study
803:harem
720:house
716:Rooms
524:print
116:lifts
1701:Shed
1686:Home
1645:Wall
1618:list
1598:Roof
1566:Gate
1541:Door
1536:Dome
1483:Arch
1087:and
1041:Ramp
1004:Loft
984:Hall
941:Deck
652:LCCN
606:ASME
590:ASME
583:See
552:Via
526:and
484:ISBN
326:ISBN
223:and
188:HUAC
186:for
174:and
85:, a
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1546:Ell
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538:158
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