Dumbwaiters are small freight elevators for lifts) intended to carry objects rather than people Dumbwaiters found within modern structures, including both commercial, public and private buildings are often connected between multiple floors When installed in restaurants, schools, kindergartens, hospitals, retirement homes or in private homes, the lifts generally terminate in a kitchen.
The term seems to have been popularized in the United States in the 1840 after the model of earlier \"dumbwaiters\" now know as serving trays and azy Susant.