lifting device

Other forms: lifting devices

Definitions of lifting device

1. noun

   a device for lifting heavy loads
   types:

   crane

   lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis

   elevator, 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

   hoist

   lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects

   winch, windlass

   lifting device consisting of a horizontal cylinder turned by a crank on which a cable or rope winds

   block and tackle

   pulley blocks with associated rope or cable

   capstan

   a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails

   davit

   a crane-like device (usually one of a pair) for suspending or lowering equipment (as a lifeboat)

   derrick

   a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom

   dumbwaiter, food elevator

   a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another

   freight elevator, service elevator

   an elevator designed for carrying freight

   headgear

   the hoist at the pithead of a mine

   paternoster

   a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in an endless loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor

   transporter

   a crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships

   wheel and axle

   hoist so arranged that a rope unwinding from a wheel is wound onto a cylindrical drum or shaft coaxial with the wheel

   yard donkey, yarder

   a winch (or system of winches) powered by an engine and used to haul logs from a stump to a landing or to a skid road

   type of:

   device

   an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose