#lifting_device__liftingdevice a device for lifting heavy loads
supertype: #device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water"
subtype: #crane.lifting_device lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis
subtype: #davit a crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat)
subtype: #derrick.crane a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom
subtype: #transporter a crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships
subtype: #elevator.lifting_device__lift lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
subtype: #dumbwaiter__food_elevator a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another
subtype: #freight_elevator__freightelevator__service_elevator__serviceelevator an elevator designed for carrying freight
subtype: #paternoster (British) a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in a loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor
subtype: #hoist lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects
subtype: #block_and_tackle__blockandtackle pulley blocks with associated rope or cable
subtype: #headgear.hoist the hoist at the pithead of a mine
subtype: #wheel_and_axle__wheelandaxle hoist so arranged that a rope unwinding from a wheel is wound onto a cylindrical drum or shaft coaxial with the wheel
subtype: #winch__windlass lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds
subtype: #capstan a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane
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