The Supply Department.
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Selected Information which is likely to be of Interest to Makers, Owners, and their Buyers.
Weighbridge for Axle-weights.
Muecinsoe (Leeds).—In view of the fact that you mticipate that you will have frequently to obtain separate ode-weights of heavy motor and other vehicles in your !Lew mdertaking we cannot give you better advice than that you ;hould go to the expense of putting down one of Ax-cry's tew-pettern, patent, motor-wagon weighbridges. W. and r. Avery, Limited, of Suho Foundry, Birmingham, hits, of purse, a world-wide reputation for weighing appliances of tvery description. This latest pattern of weighbridge has teen specially designed for registering the weight upon both txles of a heavy vehicle simultaneously, and, as you are [ware, it is usually a difficult matter to secure relialee .ecords of this kind, when the construction of the weighridge necessitates the testing of each axle-load separately, chile the other axle is off the weighbridge and on more or 2S$ level ground. Two platforms in Avery's latest pattern re provieed, side by side, and these, be means of suitablyeranged lever mechanism, can be made to record the might of either axle separately, or of the combined axle/eights of the complete vehicle.
irease For Gear Silencing.
G. PAT..1 ELWORTI1 (Oxford).—In our issue of the 20 of eptetelter hest we furnished our correspondent with he ame of a manufacturer who makes a speciality of coinounds of wood fibre and flake graphite, which are intended )tuse in the silencing of noisy gears. We have since :ceived a communication front the Stern Sonneborn Oil lompany, femited, of Royal London House, Finsbury quare, EC., in winch our attention is drawn to the fact lat this company supplies the following special preparations )1.this purpcsr : the Sternoline Elastic Gearing Paste, the ternoline Gearbox Grease, and " R " Gearoline. For aplication to driving chains and spur-gear wheels, the first f the above preparations is melted in a vessel placed in oiling water, and, in this state, it is applied to the parts elle!, are to be treated. It cools very rapidly, and the taker claims that it forms a firm rubber-like surface all over le parts to which it is applied, and that this treatment revents all undue friction, effects a remarkable smoothness I running, and secures practical freedom from noise. The properties of this special lubricant prevent the adhesion of dust, and such exposed parts as chains are therefore kept perfectly clean, and although, in appearance, they may be quite dry and bright, they are actually well lubricated and will remain so for a considerable time. The Sternoline Gearbox Grease and the •• R " Genroline are respectively a high-grade yellow grease and a jelly-like lubricant, which are claimed to 'he particularly suitable for employment in the gearboxes of commercial motor vehicles. The manufacturer will be pleased to send samples of any of these special lubricants to our correspondent, or to any other interested persons if a postcard is sent to the above address, mentioning this journal.
A New Liquid Soap.
A number of different types of cleansing preparations have been put on the market during the past few months, and an amusing feature of the activity in this direction is the ingenuity displayed by the manufacturers in discovering weird descriptive names for their productions. Mr. Robert D. Stewart, of 6t, Mansell Street, Aldgate, E., recently sent to us sample tills of two preparations which are apparently to be known under the titles of " Lickoleum " and " Hanoline." Both of these articles are varieties of liquid soap, and, front tests which we have caused to be made, the claims put forward by the manufacturer are fairly justified. The maker states that " Lickoleum " is specially prepared for use on painted and varnished surfaces, metal and glass, and that it will neither destroy, soften, nor -make dull either paint or varnish, as do alkaline, hard and soft and dry soaps. " As it is immediately soluble in cold water, it obviates the use of hot water upon the varnished bonnets and dashboards of motor vehicles, the panels of railway carriages, and other places where grease gathers to their detriment. At the same time, wherever warm or tepid water may he used, its greater powers of deturgation make its use advisable."