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I lEt accessories
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AN EXTENSIVE ARRAY of accessories will be, as usual, on display at Earls Court.
Among the more interesting items will be the manufacturing unit which Hills (Patents) Ltd (stand 216) has installed. ' Skilled operators on the unit will make reflective number plates to orders received only minutes before at the company's London depot. In commemoration of the 50 years since Hills pioneered the manufacture of number plates in the form we know them today, all plates made between now and the end of the year will bear commemorative golden jubilee labels. It is thought that these may, in time, become collectors' items.
Reflective number plates will also be displayed by Bluemell Brothers Ltd (stand 231), as well as reflective sideand rear-marker plates for heavy goods vehicles to meet proposed regulations. The markings on red fluorescent and yellow reflecting surfaces, in a wide range of types and sizes for most vehicles, conform to BS AU 152 requirements. Among the other reflective safety equipemnt from Bluemell will be its range of prismatic reflectors conforming to BS AU 40 LIA and "E" scheme requirements, triangle trailer signs also to BS requirements, and advance warning triangles which fold up into slim, plastics wallets when not required. A garage inspection lamp will also be on view.
Kangol Magnet Ltd (stand 200) is to exhibit seat-belts fitted with a new type of buckle which has been developed in conjunction with the National Highway Safety Bureau in America. Its special features are a wide blade-mouth enabling the belt to be easily connected in all conditions and the blade ejection of the connecting tongue from the female section when the release button is pressed. Kangol is showing its standard and reflex reel belts; many commercial vehicle manufacturers fit these belts as original equipment or as approved accessories.
Seat-belts will also be exhibited by Britax (London) Ltd (stand 214) and this company has also developed new fastenings which do away with the conventional buckle and loose end of belt. The belt can now be fastened quickly single-handed.
These advances in seat-belt design should encourage their wider use in commercial vehicles now that one of the principal causes of complaint—the time delay taken by belt fastening and unfastening particularly on local delivery or retail distribution work—has been overcome.
Also from Britax is an anti-theft steering lock which gives complete protection by simply removing the ignition key, and a new range of auxiliary lamps. Fitted with halogen H3 bulbs and with a lens made from tough heat-resisting glass and a vacuum coated reflector, the rigidly formed beam patterns allow maximum visibility. Fog or spot versions of the lamp are available but only for 12V systems. The Notek superslim fog and spot lamps will also be shown. Load lashings in 2in.-wide Terylene with a minimum breaking strain of 40001b are a new product of Britax. A steel nylon-coated tensioner is used with the webbing. Nylon webbing pallet straps and the Britax load-control system will be on display too.
Tarpaulin and vehicle cover manufacturer J. H. Peck (Wigan) Ltd (stand 343) is the only exhibitor of this type of accessory, and will feature details of the company's new factory; its policy oi making each cover for a specific customer will be stressed.
A wide variety of flexible lamps will be shown by Rubbolite Industries Ltd (stand 220), including stop and tail lamps, direction indicators, side-lights with many differing methods of mounting, reflectors, trailer plates, and interior lights. Also on display will be anti-theft devices and junction boxes and terminal blocks.
Lights of a different type come from Smart and Brown Lighting Ltd (stand 300). Among the units will be a battery-operated fluorescent light which is available as a 21in. model. Simple installation, very low battery-drain and five times the efficiency of incandescent lamps are among the advantages claimed for these lamps. Instrument panel illumination by fluorescent tubes, internally illuminated number plates and illuminated signs for one-man-operated buses with the legend "Pay as you enter" are novel applications of lighting which, this company claims, have not been previously demonstrated.
While on the subject of one-man-bus operation, Bell Punch Co Ltd (stand 346) is to show its Autofare system together with its complete range of established fare-control systems. The Autofare provides the speed and simplicity of a conventional fare box but retains the controlled security of ticket issue and inspection. The fare-acceptance unit separates the coins which have• been inserted so that the driver can see the total value and press the appropriate fare button on his keyboard. This automatically releases the coins into a self-sealing vault and ejects a ticket from the ticket-issuing unit which is usually installed behind the driver.
Also of interest to passenger vehicle operators are the ticket-issuing machines and automatic ticket units from Almex Ticket Machine Co Ltd (stand 238).
Lucas Kienzle Instruments Ltd (stand 258) will show the Kienzle tachograph and installation accessories. The products are
not new but the company is. It was form last Novermber by Kienzle Appara GmbH and Joseph Lucas Ltd to mark and service Kienzle instruments in a country.
Foster (Tachographs) Ltd (stand 23 will feature the Zenith range of tachograpl which are made in Switzerland, and display of vehicle facias which have be designed for quick conversion and fittit into most makes of modern Britil commercial vehicle.
From Charles Hanson and Son Li (stand 319) comes Aerowaxe, a high-quali. wax ideal for the exterior of luxury coach, which can be sprayed or wiped on, ar Wadpol, a cotton-wadding saturated wil cleansing fluid and suited for cleanir chrome and paintwork on coaches.
Interesting exhibits from Hatch4 (Framlingham) Ltd (stand 306) will indite a light-weight grp cat-walk designed to fit E types of tractive unit. It has a non-slip tres pattern with drainage holes, can withstan rigorous use yet only weighs about 301b an costs from £10. Rubber-edged mud wini will be shown and these are ideal ft vehicles where wing damage can t expected. The outer rubber skirt is replaci able for less than £3. The steel section the wing is in 16-gauge metal.
A new product from Wingard Ltd (stan 370) is an electric commercial-vehicle scree washer. It has a lgal polythene containt and the unit has a power option of either 1 or 24V motor /pump unit. Jet optior provide four powerful screen jets for wic screen-cleaning or long twin-jets to su forward control vehicles.