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There already are rope-free elevators, for instance: - the hydraulic elevator (https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lFWNDQDN2hE/T3nbR7woCAI/AAAAAAAABgs/7G0JKEacDJI/s1600/
by martinko 9y ago
There already are rope-free elevators, for instance:
- the hydraulic elevator (https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lFWNDQDN2hE/T3nbR7woCAI/AAAAAAAABgs/7G0JKEacDJI/s1600/holed+1.JPG https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lFWNDQDN2hE/T3nbR7woCAI/AAAAAAAAB...)
-the Paternoster (http://www.audioguideportal.de/assets/Foto/thumbnail520x397/1093_rp_mainz_kaiserstrasse5_paternoster_08_2001_mlpreiss.jpg http://www.audioguideportal.de/assets/Foto/thumbnail520x397/...)
The post title is just clickbait for a ThyssenKrupp commercial, plus it only shows animations of these new elevators. Yawn.
- dom0 9y ago> plus it only shows animations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7QlAsxJP-g#t=58s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7QlAsxJP-g#t=58s
- devdoomari 9y agoI'd rather not ride a paternoster --- seems quite likely to function as an execution machine :(
- mschuster91 9y agoNope. The first 25cm in front of the cabin opening are a flap, which means it will not shear your head off.
- ManuelKiessling 9y agoThere are several Paternosters in operation where I work (HBC Europe HQ in Cologne), and they are very cleverly designed in subtle ways to work around the likelihood of an execution.