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A door knocker is an item of door furniture that allows people outside a house or other dwelling or building to alert those inside to their presence. A door knocker has a part fixed to the door, and a part (usually metal) which is attached to the door by a hinge, and may be lifted and used to strike a plate fitted to the door, or the door itself, making a noise.
A doorbell is a signaling device typically placed near a door to a building's entrance. When a visitor presses a button, the bell rings inside the building, alerting the occupant to the presence of the visitor. Although the first doorbells were mechanical, activated by pulling a cord connected to a bell, modern doorbells are electric, operated ...
Door opener - Automatic door opening device activated by motion sensors or pressure pads; Door damper – A hydraulic device employed to slow the door's closure; Door knocker; Door stop – used to prevent the door from opening too far or striking another object [3] Espagnolette (for a window) Fingerplate; Letter box or mail slot; Peephole ...
A rare bronze door knocker designed by American furniture designer and sculptor Paul Evans, sold for a whopping $20,160 at New Jersey’s Rago Auctions.
Door knocker, item of door furniture that allows people outside to alert those inside; Knocker-up, profession in England and Ireland before alarm clocks were affordable or reliable; Port knocker, to externally open ports on a firewall; Sanctuary Knocker, ornamental knocker on the door of a cathedral
The knocker-up used a baton or short, heavy stick to knock on the clients' doors or a long and light stick, [5] often made of bamboo, to reach windows on higher floors. One famous photograph shot in 1931 by John Topham shows a knocker-up in East London using a pea-shooter. [6] In return for the task, the knocker-up would be paid a few pence a ...
Chicago Sun-Times/Chicago Daily News collection/Chicago History Museum/Getty ImagesDuring Prohibition, enforcing the nation’s liquor ban was a game of cat and mouse. Smugglers, speakeasies, and ...
From door knockers to donors: Harris' war chest has many first-time contributors. Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY. Updated August 30, 2024 at 11:07 AM.