A paternoster (/ ˌpeɪtərˈnɒstər /, / ˌpɑː -/, or / ˌpæ -/) or paternoster lift is a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments (each usually designed for two people) that …

Mar 7, 2014 · A paternoster is a chain elevator of open compartments that moves continuously in a loop. That means no doors, no stopping in between floors, no need to call the elevator. You …

Aug 17, 2017 · An elevator with no door that doesn't stop or slow down sounds like a sci-fi nightmare, but lifts like these were once common in many parts of Europe.

Jun 4, 2015 · But what exactly is this scary-sounding contraption? The paternoster, pictured above, consists of two elevator shafts side-by-side, with no doors. Within them, a chain of …

May 16, 2016 · A paternoster lift lacks most of the essential qualities we associate with elevators; it never stops for passengers and features no doors or buttons in its compartments or on the …

Jun 26, 2015 · The paternoster is a doorless, conveyor-belt-style elevator that is largely extinct, except in Germany, where enthusiasts have kept the lifts running.

Mar 3, 2017 · Visiting a paternoster elevator / lift. It has no doors and never stops. You simply get on and get off while it is moving. Somebody may call it dangerous, I ...

Jun 15, 2020 · Indeed, an elevator that never stops moving and has no doors, which you jump onto and out of, does sound somewhat terrifying (some people have even called them …

Dec 13, 2017 · A rare Paternoster lift - which has no doors and moves continually without stopping at floor level - is to be removed by a university. Installed in the Attenborough Tower of …

Oct 30, 2018 · Invented in the 19th century, the unusual design involves two elevator shafts with no doors, that move continuously up and down on rotation as passengers hop in and out on …