Refrigerated Van for Ice-cream
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QPECIALIST builders of insulated bodies for meat transport, Messrs. F. R Peacock, Balham High Road. London, S.W.17, have now embarked on the construction of refrigerated vehicles for the ice-cream trade. The first of these vehicles has a Bedford 30-cwt. chassis to which no
modification has been necessary. Refrigeration is effected by three Wingct-Dole vacuum hold-over plates, which are brought down to a low temperature at the depot with a refrigerant which is passed through tubes contained in the plates. The plates also contain a holdover solution which freezes, and thus
maintains a low temperature in the van for a long time after the supply of refrigerant is cut off.
Onazote insulant is inserted between the staggered framing of the body sides, floor and roof. The interior is lined with }-in.-thick plywood, covered with aluminium panels. The four doors to the refrigerated compartment arc similarly insulated and are suspended o n semi outrigger hinges.
All door edges are sealed with rubber gaskets to minimize heat losses. Emergency handles are fitted to the inside of each door. A draining trough is fitted 'to the front bulkhead and oak duckboards cover the floor.
The vehicle has been delivered to Neilson's, Ltd.. the ice-cream division of Allied Bakeries, Ltd. Bedford chassis.