dumbwaiter

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According to OSHA, the companies’ employees and subcontractors were exposed to “pinch-point hazards” associated with the dumbwaiter and didn’t ensure employees and contractors were qualified to operate the device.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2023

It's a dumbwaiter that was designed to carry these heavy glass plates.

From Scientific American • Jun. 22, 2023

He also tinkered with a way of improving a dumbwaiter, the elevator typically used to deliver food and other goods from one floor to another.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2022

When it got crazy, they would put me in this dumbwaiter between levels in the restaurant and send me to this downstairs bar.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2018

Then I send down the dumbwaiter and raise the trays one by one.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan