The Motor Vacuum Cleaner.
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The Editor, TEE COMMERCIAL MOTOR.
E1620j Sir,—The scope of the oommercial-motor vehiele is a wide one, and there are few uses to whieh it has not already been put, from the conveying of gingerbeer to the haulage 6f big guns and their ammunition. There is a purpose, however, for which machines of the lighter type are particularly well ' adapted, but to which I have not yet heard of their being applied. I refer to that of carrying and driving vacuum-cleaning apparatus.
There is quite a large business done, both in London and the provinces, by travelling cleaners, utilizing this modern and scientific method of house and furniture cleaning. Sometimes the business is a selfcontained one, or, alternatively.it may be a branch of some furniture or general stores. Generally the latter is the case.
I do not know exactly how these machines are worked, but, obviously, the availability of some source of mechanical power is advantageous, if not a. sine qua' lion for economical working.' Here, then, apart from ordinary considerations of economy of transport, is a ease where the motor should score, since the _power for driving any external machinery is always available. Provided. a new machine was acquired, and its purpose specified; a dynamo could be included in the construction of the chassis, or fitted as an extra. In the case of a second-hand vehicle, the latter could still be arranged, though not with the same facilities.—Yours faithfully,
Slough. " TN VACII0."