Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A 1852 Elisha Otis ya ƙirƙira lif ɗin aminci, wanda ke tsayawa ta atomatik idan igiyar ɗagawa ta karye. Bayan wani zanga-zanga a bikin baje kolin duniya na New York na shekara ta 1853
, masana'antar lif ta kafa abin dogaro. An kafa Kamfanin Otis Elevator a Yonkers, New York, a cikin 1853 ta Elisha Otis. Lokacin da Elisha ya mutu a 1861, 'ya'yansa maza Charles da Norton sun kafa haɗin gwiwa kuma suka ci gaba da kasuwanci. A lokacin yakin basasa na Amurka, ɗakunan hawan su suna da matukar buƙata saboda jigilar kayan yaƙi. Kamfanoni da yawa a ƙasar Amirka sun sayi waɗannan littattafan. A cikin 1864, tare da haɗin gwiwar JM Alvord, an san kamfanin da Otis Brothers & Co. A cikin 1867, Otis ya buɗe ma'aikata a Yonkers, New York, garin da aka kafa kamfanin.