A Conveyor
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Conveyed
1U11CHANECAL handling equipment Mof the conveyor type does not lend itself easily to being installed inside the body of a vehicle. Apart from its nature there is, too, the question of having a supply of electric current at mains voltage available to run the motor.
J. Collis and Sons, Ltd— Regent Square, London, W.C.1, needed a mobile showroom for the purpose of demonstrating its Motaveyor conveyor system, it being. •stipulated that the vehicle would have 'to Carry its own 240-volt electricity supply to run the h.p. motor with which the conveyor is equipped.
This was provided for in ingenious manner by Campbell, Symonds and Co„ Ltd., WembleY Park Drive, Wembley Park, the concern responsible for supplying the vehicle and equipping the body.
A Morris-Commercial P.V. chassis was chosen, On which cross-members were arranged behind the gearbox to carry a 2 kW„ generator. To drive the generator a countershaft was built up from a Ford stub axle, the bearings of which were mounted on the gearbox.
From the power take-off of the vehicle the drive is eenveyed to. the :eOuntershaft and on to the generator by two sets of three endless belts.' :• I he generator supplies the current not only for the conveyor motor: but also for 11 prismatic-type bulkhead fittings carrying 60-watt bulbs. Arrangements are made to provide lighting from thc vehicle. battery should the emergency arise. All the controls' were also designed and made by Clanipbell, Syinonds and Co., Ltd.
The conveyor is arranged along the sides and font of the interior, the confrol panel being mounted on the front bulkhead. Above the conveyor is a series Of pictures depicting scenes cOnnected with the operator's business.
The body has -a. hardwood frame panelled in light 'alloy. The interior is lined with plywood up to cant-rail level and • the whole interior is finished in white enamel. For the floor. t-in. tongued and grooved deal is used, the whole being covered with linoleum. There are two swing doors at the rear, with d folding step-board for ease of entry. Some idea of the roominess of the body may be gained from the fact that 24 people at a time can Watch a demonstration of the conveyor. Flushfitting directiOn arrows are let into the rear valence.
The Commercial Motor" understands that Campbell, Symonds and Co„ Ltd., is supplying further vehicles of a 'similar type, so successful has the first one proved,