On Sept. 20, 1853, Elisha Graves Otis sold his first “hoist machine,” or elevator, featuring an automatic safety brake he had patented. His seemingly simple invention was designed to stop a platform ...
Elisha Otis demonstrates his new “safety elevator” at the Crystal Palace exposition hall in 1854. Though the illustration shows an assistant cutting the elevator cable with a knife, the Otis Elevator ...
The elevator maker is bringing its fleet into the digital era with a connected solution that leverages IoT sensors and AI in the cloud to help keep its customers’ elevators humming. No one likes to ...