The Purchase Department.
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Where to Buy your Supplies.
You Can Get It At-- " E.F." (Coventry).—In reply to your query as to puncture-proof tires, the Atlas Non-Puncture Inner Case Syndicate, Ltd., 124, High Street, Kensington, W., is the maker of a tire of this kind which is well spoken of by users. A set of these productions was recently tested under the open competition rules of the Royal Automobile Club, and received a most favourable report from that body.
Lamps for Commercial Vehicles.
Many well-known manufacturers are paying increasing atteniion to the design of lamps for use on trade vehicles. For some years the makers of satisfactory head and side lamps for use on commercial motors could have been counted on the fingers of one hand. It is satisfactory to record that many firms are now placing on the market strongly made lamps for this specialized usage. Bleriot, Ltd., Long Acre, the well-known lamp maker, has recently placed before users a lamp for use on industrial motor vehicles, together with a generator which is claimed to be extremely serviceable for use in connection with this new lamp. The maker claims that the generator can be filled and cleaned with the greatest ease owing to its simple
construction. The holder is of plain, solid-drawn brass tube, and there are no corners in which dust or grit can collect. The container holds 12 ozs. of carbide, and this gives enough gas for eight hours of lighting. It forms part and parcel of the lamp.
Serviceable Acetylene Flare Lights.
Amongst our readers there is quite a number of heavy-haulage contractors who have vans and trailers in service in many parts of the country. These machines, when operating in rural and isolated districts, are liable, once now and again, to be ditched or otherwise put hors de combat. An accident such as this is, of course, more likely to occur during the hours of the night. In such a case it is undoubtedly of the greatest service to the user if he be supplied with a suitable portable lighting outfit, by the aid of which an emergency gang can help the wagon out of its unfortunate position. From Bailey and Clapham, Ltd., Keighley, we have received particulars of the " A.B.C." system of acetylene-gas lighting. Under this system a range of portable flare lights is made, and these vary from
1000 to 2000 candle-power, and will continue to burn for a period of from V, to 12 hours. The construction of these lights is exceedingly simple. They are strongly built to withstand the roughest usage, and there is little that is likely to go wrong when they are in service. We are also informed that this company manufactures oxy-acetylene welding outfits, which are in increasing demand by repairers and small users.
Heaters for Taxicabs.
The past four or five years, whatever they may have done financially for the user, driver, or owner of taxicabs, have certainly been useful in educating the public as to what constitutes a comfortable and wellequipped cab. The owner-driver, particularly, has realized the fact that the average member of the public can single out a smart-looking and attractive vehicle, and many of these owners are taking the greatest pains so to equip their vehicles, that the public will prefer to patronize them in place of the older and more uncomfortable machines. We are informed by Thomson-Bennett, Ltd., Cheapside, Birmingham, that it is supplying an increasing number of its car-heating appliances to owner-drivers of taxicabs. An illustration is given above.
This apparatus consists of an aluminium box let in flush with the floor of the cab. The heat is derived from the exhaust pipe by diverting the gases. A regulator, within reach of the passenger, is attached, so that the heat can be graduated as required. The whole appliance is easily fitted into position without inconvenient or expensive structural alteration. It is not unsightly, but rather the reverse, while its low price brings it within the reach of practically every owner-driver.