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Silent Servant: Choosing Your Manual DumbwaiterIn the past, dumbwaiters used wooden guide rails mounted on two opposing side walls. This arrangement of the guide rails often leads to alignment problems and inhibited performance as the building settles.Our designs incorporate metal guide rails and bearing quality guide shoes.

This has greatly improved the overall performance of the dumbwaiter and has simplified the installation process.In addition, our guide rail system guides both the dumbwaiter car and the counterweight. This is an important feature because by making it so that only one side wall is required for the dumbwaiter mechanics, our dumbwaiters can have openings on three sides rather than on only two.Perhaps more importantly, our implementation of the guide rail mechanism prevents the potential long-term problems associated with guide rail alignment in the traditional dumbwaiters.Our dumbwaiters are offered in both residential and high-capacity commercial configurations. Both our residential and commercial lines span a range of standard sizes and dimensions. Each of our models is available with openings in the front, front & rear, and front & side (corner post style).If you are unable to find a standard size model appropriate to your needs, our highly skilled engineering staff is glad to discuss the design of a custom unit to fit your needs. © 1999 Miller ManufacturingMetal guide rails & precision molded bearing quality guide shoes.Opens on up to three sidesORDER TOLL FREE800. 232. 2177.

A dumbwaiter also known as a lazy waiter ( Speiseaufzug) in the oldest restaurant in, the, with the hand-pulled cart in the 'UP' position and only the rope visible.A dumbwaiter is a small freight or lift 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, 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. The mechanical dumbwaiter was invented by, a inventor. Cannon first filed for the patent of a brake system (US Patent no. 260776) that could be used for a dumbwaiter on January 6, 1883. Cannon later filed for the patent on the mechanical dumbwaiter (US Patent No.

361268) on February 17, 1887. Cannon reportedly generated a vast amount of royalties from the dumbwaiter patents until his death in 1897.

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