A SIMPLE VALVE REMOVER.
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By Using •a two-piece valve collar, Messrs. W. E. Hutchinson and G. Gronow, 21, Park Lane, Queen Street, Cardiff, have invented a method which permits the easy removal of a valve without the aid of a lifter.
A cotter is employed to attach to the valve stem a cap which incorporates a circular flange. Between the last-named and the spring is a collar with a rim which surrounds the cap and the cotter. In that rim is formed a gap, which can be brought opposite the cotter by rotating the collar.
When the cam opens the valve, the can bears against the end of the stem and thus relieves the cotter of its load. In that position the cotter can be withdrawn through the gap in the collar.
. Big Essex Road Schemes.
Improvements to the London-Yarmouth road, involving the reconstruction of more than five miles of road at an estimated cost of £166,000, are pro-. posed by Essex County Council in two schemes, for which the Minister of Transport has made grants from the Road Fund. The schemes provide for the reconstruction of the road between Margaretting and Widford and between Kelvedon and Marks Tey.
Newcastle Chamber's Views.
We are informed that a resolution reported in our issue dated April 10 was passed by the transport and aviation committee of the associate members' division of Newcastle and Gateshead Chamber of Commerce, and that the views expressed are not necessarily those of the chamber.
Ripon Haulage Charges.
Ripon Corporation has accepted. the tender of W. Ralph Johnson for mechanical haulage from station or quarry (any class of material) at the following rates :—Up to one mile, per ton 1s. 6d. ; up to two miles, per ton 2s. ; beyond two miles, 4d. per ton-mile.
Austin Overseas Distributors Visit this Country.
Many important overseas distributors of the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., are paying a visit to this country, including Messrs. Vickery and Crozier of New Zealand, Mr. Lowis of Kenya Colony, and Mr. Wadia and his son from India. Messrs. Fairbairn (of Montreal) and Plintley (of British Columbia) are expected in July. Several of the company's factory representatives are also returning on short visits.
Whitsun Number of " The Motor."
The Annual Whitsun Number of The Motor will be published next Tuesday, May 19. A varied miscellany of articles will be provided, covering every side of the pastime and sport, including suggested tours at home and abeoad. A special article will deal with the private owner's garage and its equipment The popular and unique feature of The Moto'—the eight-page photogravure section picturing world's motoring news—will have a Whitson motif.
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