Sunday, February 5, 2012

Have you heard of Paternoster?

What is a paternoster?
A paternoster or paternoster lift is a passenger elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments normally designed for two persons that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building without stopping. Passengers can step on or off at each floor as they like.

Due to safety issues, most of the paternoster lifts have been closed, however some still survive around the world especially in European countries and one can be found at my university, Hochschule Niederrhein. Bangga seyh... Oh and the paternoster at my uni has its safety features. So xdela risau kalau naik  :)



A lil bit of facts on Paternoster 
  • First built in 1884 by the Dartford, England engineering firm of J & E Hall Ltd
  • It was originally called Cyclic Elevator
  • Can be found mostly in continental Europe, especially in public buildings, than in the United Kingdom.
  • Moving at a slow speed of about 0.3 metres per second
  • Five people were killed by paternosters from 1970 to 1993
  • In April 2006, Hitachi announced plans for a modern paternoster-style elevator with computer-controlled cars to ensure better safety.
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This is how a paternoster works...Interesting huh? (Source from Wikipedia)

I think it's one of the coolest elevators ever! The paternoster in Hochschule Niederrhein is one of the reasons  why I wanted to study there..haha....teruja dapat naik paternoster tiap2 hari kan.. ;p

I made two videos of the paternoster at my university that I would like to share with all of you Enjoy!


The first video shows the paternoster from front, the movement of it going up and down continuously without stopping.



This is a video of me going on the paternoster as it went down to the basement which is not dangerous but kinda dirty and then it went up to the 5th floor, the highest floor of the university. :)


Till the next post..
Tschüss und mach's gut! 

27 comments:

MORIBAYU said...

wow cool gila.

*tiba-tiba,rasa lift ini macam permainan utk hamster pula

Scha Nazri said...

ohsemmmm!

Elle said...

wow!! wujud lagi lif gini..dulu tau masa bljr dlm klas construction tech je...igt dah xwujud ag..

AJ said...

Cool nye elevator ni!!! Despite the fatality fact that 5 org pernah mati naik, I still would love to have a go at it one day! Haha :D

mizlynaibrahim said...

agak menakotkan since normal elevator sometime make me scare bcoz pena stuck in..pengalaman plg menakotkan..=,=" been alone start to think wht if aku kurang oksigen,wht if lift jatuh terhempas,tdi aku kuar xsempat salam mak ni...wahhh..da nanges bgai nk giler lam tu..=(

Anonymous said...

@RizalSadiman: Nabeyl...ko penah wat ost ni kan sebelum ni?

DanieL AdiE said...

It fits only one person je ek???

Anonymous said...

Wah!memang sgt ohsem!! Ntah bila akan ada kat Malaysia nih :)

Nabil Aizat Abdul Rahman said...

to Muhammad:
Haha..bleh plak..kena construct with a nice ratio la kan..eh macam a good idea je..

to Syaz:
Ohsemmmm indeeed!

to eliza:
Still wujud in certain countries..Paling besar kat Umiversity of Sheffield, UK.

Nabil Aizat Abdul Rahman said...

to Azri:
Maybe that happened before it was developed with safety features kot...Yeah you should definitely try it...teruja...

to mizlynaibrahim:
Oh wow...that was a really terrifying moment..i could imagine being in that position..I actually penah stuck dalam lift ni..haha..tetibe dia stop..Nasib ada ruang...so i lompat je kluar.. :)

to Rizal:
Really? Lagu lain kot...but i pernah share this song on twitter..a german song entitled " Nur noch kurz die Welt retten"..untuk video pendek tu lagu the boys by SNSD.

Nabil Aizat Abdul Rahman said...

to Daniel:
Nope two persons can get into this lift at a time..tapi ada je budak2 gedik naik sampai 3 orang...ada lagi budak gedik yang main lompat2 sampai lift stop jap..safety feature gak tu..

to anonymous:
Haha i don't think Malaysia akan approve such lift.. :)

Muhammad Al-Afiq said...

nabil kalau nak naik tak yah tekan butang ke nak stop kan dia...terus lompat masuk je ke.??? mcm best plak tgk lift tu...huhuhu

Nabil Aizat Abdul Rahman said...

to afiq:
kena lompat masuk and lompat kluar je..well actually xde la sampai lompat sebab lift tu gerak slow je.. :)

to sully:
Haha im not an architect la..datang la sini then you can try it.

achik ezam said...

haahlah...macam permainan hamster.....tu hamster comel pakai jeket tu

hahhaha.


p/s:macam dalam satu movie kan lift macam ni but i don't remember which one.

Tisha said...

fuyooo interesting2...

how many person can go inside?

Hizami Li said...

wow...
nak try jugak...
interesting gile.
:D

Nabil Aizat Abdul Rahman said...

to achik:
Haha ye la tu..oh im not sure..never seen it in a movie..

to Tishya:
2 persons at one time..

to Hizami:
Datang la sini.. :)

daly said...

Kalau tersepit jari?kepala?
putus?

Che Kay said...

menarik gaban!!!! masa mula2 sampai mesti Nabil dok ulang naik kan! hehehe

Nabil Aizat Abdul Rahman said...

to daly:
Eh mana bleh sampai putus..ada safety features...kaki xkan tersepit sebab ada engsel kat bawah tu..dari atas ada banyak ruang..sangat low risiko of getting hurt..

to che kay:
Haha..tahu xpe..xmo naik tangga langsung the first few weeks..

sully86 said...

nabs: okay..i am going to go there. But i am going to ready my parachute just incase..

donad said...

nice giler! :D

tp still takut jgk nk hop in dlm tu.kut tersepit ke -__-

ara said...

dalam 8 tahun lepas HKL ada guna paternoster.. paternoster dkt HKL hanya utk kegunaan staff je.. lepas tu trus dah tak de.. mungkin ada masalah dr segi keselamatan.. :) jangan sangka kt malaysia tak de..

~Nur Zulaiha~ said...

what happen after naik?
ya.. sy thu akan ke tingkat atas, tp u just see wall je la kan after that.. or after dat trus "tink" smpai tingkat dua..
tak rasa mcm sempit ker?

i got scare in small place.. jd rasa mcm sgt mnkutkan.. haha~~

~Nur Zulaiha~ said...

ok.. rasanya i tak clik the other vid 2.. now i see how it working.. hehe =)

Nabil Aizat Abdul Rahman said...

to Donad:
Haha..xde la..slow je lif tu..xkan tersepit.. :)

to ara:
Oh really..hee nice...didn't know that..

to Nur Zulaiha:
:) good2

Unknown said...

All Malay-English combined comments in kinda meh..