star trek-style home elevator could replace stairlifts - house battery backup
For people who live in a house above one floor, stair lifts or home elevators are usually necessities of life as they grow older, and they find it difficult to go up and down stairs.
The disadvantage of the ordinary stair lift is that the stairs are permanent and visible, while the traditional home lift is large in size and is usually impractical for most families.
A British company hopes their new design will fill the gap in the new home elevator market.
Terry elevator, based in Cheshire, built a futuristic-
It looks like an elevator that can be installed in the corner of the room and can be raised through a hole in the ceiling without an elevator well.
"You can describe it as a highend chair lift.
In many cases, people do not want chairs.
The elevator on their beautiful stairs, they don't necessarily want the elevator;
This is about watching the elevator for a long time.
Future terms for the property.
Unlike the stair lift, which is a permanent function on the stairs, the lift can be sent away when you don't need an elevator --
So this is by no means an elephant in the room, "John maceney of Terry elevator told Reuters.
Sally and belhram from Harford County, north London, are already packing and leaving from their two
Sally's knee problem caused the multi-storey house after the stairs were difficult to use;
Especially when you try to ship the item to the top floor.
They had considered using a stair lift, but it turned out to be impossible for their home.
"We stayed in this House for 40 years and I had problems with my knees and muscles and the stairs in this House were very, very narrow.
"So we need to find a bungalow or some way to get me upstairs," Sally said . ".
It was not until they visited a new house exhibition in the process of finding a new place of residence that they met Terry lifestyle elevator.
The couple said they almost immediately realized it was the answer to their question.
Including all building and electrical preparations, complete installation will take between 4 and 5 days, Terry Lifts said.
While the lift is not cheap, it allows them to stay at home indefinitely for Sally and Bellam.
"We can stay here now for the foreseeable future," Sally said . ".
"It just gave us the old life before, not moving into smaller places that might not be very good for our needs.
"Lifestyle elevators have a battery backup that will send the user back to the ground floor steadily if there is a power outage.
It also has an EU standard of 30-
Whether the elevator is parked upstairs or downstairs, there are minutes of fire fighting between the floors.
If an obstacle is detected above or below, its pressure-sensitive bottom plate and Safety Edge will gently stop the elevator.
"If a pet or child is playing under the elevator, you can use micro-
The safety bottom is full of switches.
So once it comes into contact with any obstacle, it stops immediately.
You have about 20mm pinch. point -
So there is no slight extrusion at all, which is very, very sensitive, "said McSweeney, who put his feet under the drop lift, demonstrating safety features.
Terry Lifts says it's their unique design, plus the industry-
Leading security certification has generated a lot of the world.
Broad interest in the product.
However, an unexpected response to lifestyle improvement is with pod-
Like the elevator in the Star Trek TV series.
"A lot of people come to the various exhibitions we attend in the UK and they often say it looks more like a shower.
This is the first reaction.
The second reaction is that the design of the pod does look like "shoot me up, Scotty "--Star Trek -
You know you go in, there are two people at most once, usually one, and then disappear. "Said McSweeney.
Science-
The comparison of the novel is not over, says Berham: "Well, all the neighbors think it looks like a TARDIS . " He means time.
Travel ship from Doctor Who
Sally added that the elevator can disappear from the room when extra space is needed. “We love it.
The fact that it disappeared upstairs;
If we had a family party, we would extend the table and take up all the space, which was out of the way. At night-
"Time is up and it comes out of the bedroom," she said . ".
The company exported at least 200 elevators from the UK to countries such as France, China and Australia.