Inventions, Discoveries and Explorations
What Elisha Otis invented?
The brake used in modern elevators
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The brake used in modern elevators
In 1853, American inventor Elisha Otis demonstrated a freight elevator equipped with a safety device to prevent falling in case a supporting cable should break. This increased public confidence in such devices. Otis established a company for manufacturing elevators and patented (1861) a steam elevator.Many people think that he invented the elevator, but the truth is, he invented the elevator brake. He also invented the railway safety brake.
The brake used in modern elevators In 1853, American inventor Elisha Otis demonstrated a freight elevator equipped with a safety device to prevent falling in case a supporting cable should break. This increased public confidence in such devices. Otis established a company for manufacturing elevators and patented (1861) a steam elevator.Many people think that he invented the elevator, but the truth is, he invented the elevator brake. He also invented the railway safety brake.
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