buck hoist

English

Etymology

From Buck, the surname of American inventor Steward T. Buck, president of Buck Equipment Corp.[1] Buck filed a patent for a "portable hoisting tower" in 1950 (approved in 1953),[2] and the device was produced under the trademark "Buck hoist tower" or "HoisTower" from at least 1952[3] to 1975,[4] when the company was acquired by Bil-Jax.

Noun

buck hoist (plural buck hoists)

  1. An external elevator, especially a temporary one up the side of a building that is under construction or repair.

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References
  1. “Business Notes”, in Manufacturers Record, volume 123, issue 5, Baltimore: Manufacturers Record Pub. Co., May 1954, →OCLC, page 132
  2. Steward T. Buck (1953-09-29), “Portable hoisting tower”, in Google Patents
  3. “Self-Erecting Tower As a Material Hoist”, in Contractors and Engineers Monthly, volume 49, issue 2, New York: Buttenheim–Dix Pub. Corp., February 1952, →ISSN, page 31
  4. “An important announcement concerning buck hoistowers”, in Construction Methods & Equipment, volume 57, issue 6, New York: McGraw-Hill, June 1975, →ISSN, page 136
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