"inclinator" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1939, Los Angeles Board of mechecanicalengineers, Elevator Code Providing for the Construction, Inspection, Maintenance and Operation of Elevators: Ordinance, Issue 81; Issue 827, 54.233 INCLINATOR — CONTROLLER, page 107",
          "text": "The push button or other car switch control for operating the inclinator in both directions oftravelshall be magnetically controlled and shall be properly fused being provided with a device for protecting the motor from overload.",
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          "ref": "2007, Candy Harrington, “Escape to the Springs”, in 101 Accessible Vacations: Travel Ideas for Wheelers and Slow Walkers",
          "text": "The Valley Station features accessible parking near the entrance and access to the station via a funicular-like lift device called an inclinator.",
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          "ref": "2008, Zachary M. Schrag, “The Builders, 1972-1976”, in The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro, JHU Press, page 168",
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          "ref": "1955, Federal Tax Service, volume 4, Prentice-Hall, Incorporated, page 411",
          "text": "The problem in this tax case is whether under the particular facts the cost of an inclinator should be considered a medical expense within Section 23(x) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939.",
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          "ref": "1980, Lois Lowry, Autumn Street, page 97",
          "text": "I could hear the soft whir of the inclinator and, along with it, my great-aunts' delighted soft laughter.",
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          "ref": "2011, Norbert M. Lechner, Plumbing, Electricity, Acoustics: Sustainable Design Methods for Architecture",
          "text": "Since residential elevators are both very expensive and require extra space, the chairlift or inclinator was invented.",
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        "A stairlift"
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          "text": "The push button or other car switch control for operating the inclinator in both directions oftravelshall be magnetically controlled and shall be properly fused being provided with a device for protecting the motor from overload.",
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        },
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  "word": "inclinator"
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