dumbwaiterˈdʌmˌweɪ tər
dumbwaiter (n)
- plural
- dumbwaiters
English Definitions:
dumbwaiter, food elevator (noun)
a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another
dumbwaiter (Noun)
A small lift / elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.
dumbwaiter (Noun)
A portable table used for serving.
Dumbwaiter
Dumbwaiters are small freight elevators intended to carry objects rather than people. Dumbwaiters found within modern structures, including both commercial, public and private buildings, are often connected between multiple floors. When installed in restaurants, schools, kindergartens, hospitals, retirement homes or in private homes, the lifts generally terminate in a kitchen. The mechanical dumbwaiter was invented by George W. Cannon, a New York inventor. Cannon first filed for the patent of a brake system that could be used for a dumbwaiter on January 6, 1883. Cannon later filed for the patent on the mechanical dumbwaiter on February 17, 1887. Cannon reportedly generated a vast amount of royalties from the dumbwaiter patents until his death in 1897. Thomas Jefferson used one of the world's first non-mechanical dumbwaiters in his mountain home at Monticello, Virginia, to limit the number of servants around the table to one, so that his guests could enjoy more of the view.
Dumbwaiter
A dumbwaiter is a small freight elevator 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 in private homes, the lifts generally terminate in a kitchen.The term seems to have been popularized in the United States in the 1840s, after the model of earlier "dumbwaiters" now known as serving trays and lazy Susans. The mechanical dumbwaiter was invented by George W. Cannon, a New York City inventor. He first filed for the patent of a brake system (US Patent no. 260776) that could be used for a dumbwaiter on January 6, 1883. He later filed for the patent on the mechanical dumbwaiter (US Patent No. 361268) on February 17, 1887. He reportedly generated vast royalties from the patents until his death in 1897.
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