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Public Health Exhibition
A Forecast, in Runningcommentary Form, of the Vehicles and Appliances That Will Be Shown at Next Week's Important Exhibition in London A Wide Selection of Machines to Be Displayed and Demonstrated by Some of the Leading Makers in the commer cial-vehicle Industry
ON Monday next the Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Hilton Young, M.P., Minister of Health, will open the 1934 Public Health Congress and Exhibition at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, London, N., and throughout the week, until the event closes on November 24, there will be demonstrations daily from 2 p.m., in the Gilbey Hall, of certain types of municipal vehicle and appliance, the chief demonstration being on Thursday. In the Main Hall there will be 127 stands, on a large number of which representative types of municipal motor will be displayed by some of the leading makers, a forecast of the individual exhibits being given on this and the following three pages. Certain of the papers to be read during the Congress have a definite interest for our readers, and precis of them will appear in our next issue, which will also contain a critical commentary on the exhibits. The Exhibition is open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., the public being admitted for Is, 3d.
The unique British Kuka refuse collector will be exhibited on Stand 22 by Mr. D. G. Hall, 19, Adam Street, London, W.C.2. The body is of the cylindrical pattern and the interior is equipped with four helicoidal blades. At the front the container is closed, but
c54 at the rear it rotates against the end plate, which is fixed and consists of two parts connected by a hinge, allowing it to be opened and closed by hand. Attached to it, and protruding into the drum interior, is a cone-shaped chute with an aperture to receive the contents of the bins.
On Stand 31, Hygienic Refuse Con
tainers, Ltd., Victoria Street, London, S.W.1, will show, amongst other products, a model of its dustless refuse loading shutter which slides within channels on the dome of the body, providing, when used with II.R.C. patented bins, an hygienic method of transferring refuse from the bin to the vehicle. Pneu
3 matic-tyred bin-carrying trucks of several types will also be available.
The Atco motor mower in a range of sizes for different purposes will be arranged on Stand 48, which will be occupied by' British Estate Services, Ltd., Birmingham. The Atco trailer units, for use in conjunction with the 30-in. and 36-in. mowers, increase by 30 ins, the effective cutting widths of these machines.
A Popular Moving Floor.
Since the Principality movable floor was introduced, about four years ago, to the municipal field by the Principality Wagon Co., Ltd., Cardiff, it has made much headway. Two vehicles will be staged on Stand 50 to draw attention to the merits of the design, one being a Fordson Surrey six-wheeler built for dealing with the transport of fish refuse, which is an extremely noxious load. Equipped with draining trays and tanks below the body, moisture which would otherwise filter through an ordinary body is collected
and stored until released at the discharge depot. The three tiers of intermediate steel rollers, over which the floor-belt travels, are galvanized to prevent corrosion and rust, whilst the ball races at each end are packed , with graphite.
The Principality floor will also be applied to a side-loading refuse-collection body carried by a Fordson 2-ton chassis, this being the seventh unit for Cardiff Corporation. The steeldomed top is built in three sections.
A New Electric Vehicle.
On Stand 52, Electricars, Ltd., Birmingham, is hoping to exhibit an entirely new model. This will probably comprise a 5-ton six-wheeled chassis equipped with a Faun dustless refusecollection body. The body rolls into a vertical position for efficient packing and the load is discharged by tipping to the rear.
Certain of the products to be shown by Tuke and Bell, Ltd., on Stand 60, will have a passing interest for our readers. One is an independent roadgritting machine for trailing behind any type of vehicle, and another a snowplough attachment, which clears to a width of 6 ft. to 8 ft.
The well-known Handy 14-ft. wheelbase chassis of John I. Thornycroft and Co., Ltd., Basingstoke, will form the basis of a 10-cubic-yd. refuse collector.
which the company will display on Stand 70. The chassis is powered by a four-cylindered petrol engine developing up to 50 b.h.p., whilst the Eagle all-steel body has three foot-operated, aluminium covers on each side. The refuse is discharged by tipping, the hydraulic gear being of the single-ram, double-extension type.
As a maker of ambulance bodies Her bert Lomas, Ltd., Manchester, is to show, on Stand 72, an example of its S-type body on a Ford V8 chassis. The vehicle has distinctive saloon lines and the interior equipment is comprehensive. The accommodation is for two stretcher cases and one sitting patient, or, alternatively, one stretcher case and five sitting patients.
One of the company's latest 8-ton oil-engined rollers will comprise the exhibit of Marshall, Sous and Co., Ltd., Gainsborough, on Stand 76. This appliance is equipped with a Blackstone two-cylindered 20 h.p. engine.
Alexander Shanks and Son, Ltd., Arbroath, is to display, on Stand 79, certain of its motor mowers, and models which may be seen will be the 16-in. four-stroke Wizard, the four-stroke Rajah, and the new 14-in. Fairy which has a Villiers 98 c.c. twostroke engine. A triple mower for use with a tractor will be shown.
A trio of Bedford products will be shown on Stand 81, which is to be occupied by Vauxhall Motors, Ltd., Luton. The company's 3-ton chassis will form the basis of two of them, the long-wheelbase model carrying a. 10-cubic-yd. refuse body equipped with hydraulic end-tipping gear, and the short-wheelbase chassis, a 500-gallon combined gully and cesspit-emptying body. Both bodies are Eagle products, and in each case the chassis is of the semi-forward-control type. The gullyemptying equipment comprises a cylindrical tank with a fresh-water compartment and a sludge section at the rear. The tank may be tipped to an angle of 45 degrees for discharging the contents.
The company's exhibit will be completed by a new-type ambulance, comprising a Vauxhall Big Six chassis equipped with a Lomas two-stretcher body.
The Karrier concern has always given much attention to the municipal market, and Stand 84 will house four products of Karrier Motors Successors, Ltd., Huddersfield. Three of them will be refuse collectors, and the other an RSC-type sweeper-collector, features of which are the curved road brush, which obviates trail of the sweepings, and the patent form of elevator by which the refuse is transferred to the body.
The smallest of the refuse collectors will be a 5-cubic-yd. model having the Colt Major chassis as its basis. This is a three-wheeler which can be turned in a circle with a diameter of less than 20 ft. The body is of the dual-purpose type and is equipped with a removable refuse-collecting cover embodying sliding steel shutters. The Bantam refuse collector to be staged is a 6-cubic-yd. outfit and, as is the case with the smaller model, is equipped with a manually operated tipping body.
A CYR refuse collector with a Karrier-Burrell body will also be on view ; this is an example of the new rotating-drum type.
Scammell's Varied Exhibit, Scammell Lorries, Ltd., Watford, will have much of interest on Stand 85. There will be an 18-cubic-yd. moving-floor refuse collector ; a 1,500-gallon street washer and a carrier unit with Fowler gully-emptying apparatus. In the Gflbey Hall for demonstration will be the carrier units of a street washer and gully emptier, a motive unit for use with either, and a bin carrier. The last-named is designed for the loading, unloading, transporting and tipping of special wheeled bins. It can take six 14-cubic-yd. or three 2i-cubic-yd. bins at one time. The special carrier fitted to the standard municipal 3-ton mechanical horse motive unit has an hydraulic hoisting gear which lowers an empty bin and draws a laden bin up a detachable ramp.
The tank of the street washer is the Scammell frameless, elliptical pattern of lightweight steel-welded construction. The underside carries four ball-jointed washing jets and five squeegees are arranged behind them. Two sprinkler heads are fitted, and a spraying width of over 90 ft. is obtainable.
The Fowler gully-emptying apparatus, which, in an accompanying picture, is shown coupled up to a Scammell 3-ton motive unit, has a capacity of 780 gallons, with sections for sludge, clean water and waste water.
The maker of this apparatus, John Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Ltd., Leeds, c56 will show on its own stand (86) an example of its Minor 780-gallon gully emptier. This type differs from the Major in that the vacuum is raised in the sludge tank itself and not in a separate chamber. A second exhibit will be a road roller with a threecylindered oil engine.
The products of Shelvoke and Drewry, Ltd., Letchworth, are widely used by local authorities, and examples of the company's machines will be shown on Stand 87. Two of them will be refuse collectors, one, of the Chelsea type, having a capacity of 7 cubic yds., and the other a 15-cubic-yd. rear-loading outfit embodying a movable floor. The smaller collector has an hydraulic endtipping, all-steel body with hand
operated sliding metal covers. The body of the larger machine is of the van type, a barrier being attached to the moving floor. The third exhibit will be a 700-gallon gully emptier.
There are several interesting features which will call for dose inspection on the 6-7-cubic-yd. refuse collector to be shown by Vulcan Motor Services, Ltd., Crossens, Southport, on Stand 90. The basis of the machine is the company's 2-ton low-loading chassis, and the allsteel body has six apertures covered with aluminium lids, each operated by a hand lever working through an enclosed rack and pinion. The -eehicle will be equipped with a Bromibw and Edwards twin-ram, underslung, poweroperated tipping gear.
Lacre Lorries, Ltd., York Road, London, N.1, will exhibit its popular Ltype sweeper on Stand 92. This is a three-wheeler embodying several interesting improvements. It can now be equipped with an Austin 12 h.p. fourcylindered engine or the 15.9 h.p. sixcylindered power unit of the same make. Dunlop pneumatic tyres are now fitted to all wheels, whilst Timken roller bearings are used for the front and rear axles.
An example of the Super-Beta Mark V Corporation tractor will be shown on the stand (94) of IL Pattisson and Co., Ltd., Stanmore. This interacting product has the Ford chassis as its basis. Other interesting exhibits on the stand will be the Pattisson-Worthington Parkover combined tractor and mower, and an example of the Pattisson three-roll roller.
Outstanding amongst the exhibits of Dennis Bros., Ltd., Guildford, to be brought to the fore on Stand 95 will be a 600-gallon gully emptier and a 750-gallon cesspit emptier. Both products have normal-control chassis as their bases, the former having a wheelbase of 9 ft 6 ins, and the latter one of 11 ft. The galvanized tank of the former has two separate compartments. In the case of the latter, there are metal containers on each side of. the galvanized tank to carry 200 ft. of 3-in. armoured suction hose.
The refuse-collecting side of the company's activities will be represented by a 10-cubic-yd. Pactum appliance, which has a steel body with a patented hydraulically operated plate for compress ing the refuse, and another machine of similar capacity incorporating an hydraulic end-tipping steel body with eight aluminium sliding shutters.
The Dennis 3-ton chassis will be used by Transport Engineering, Ltd., 561, Old Kent Road, London, S.E.1, on Stand 96, for drawing attention to its all-steel moving-floor refuse-collection body. The edges of the panels are folded and enclosed in pressed-steel pillars and spot-welded. The tailboard is of patented design, the halves moving vertically on rollers in channels and being raised by a handle at the side of the body, this providing for the unobstructed discharge of the load at the refuse dump. The Transport moving floor consists of specially treated metal slats, linked together and mounted on Renold endless roller chains carried over sprockets on cross-shafts at the front and rear. A two-speed gear is coupled to the front shaft.
The Allan Taylor Engineering and Manufacturing Co., High Street, London, S.W.18, is to exhibit on Stand 97 a special tractor, for park and road work, built to carry 3-ton loads. The road speed of this appliance is 25-30 m.p.h., whilst it is capable of mowing
with up to II 30-in. gang mowers at a speed up to 8 m.p.h. Another exhibit will be a tractor for use on golfcourses.
Thomas Green and Son, Ltd., Leeds, will be exhibiting, on Stand 98, a range of its motor mowers which are built in a variety of sizes, the smaller models having air-cooled engines and the larger machines water-cooled power units. In addition, the company expects to display a light motor roller.
A New Refuse Collector.
The chief attraction on Stand 106, which will house the exhibits of Garner Motors, Ltd., Shrewsbury, will undoubtedly be the company's new compressing-type refuse collector, arranged for rear loading. This has a 3-ton chassis-as its basis, and the varitype all-metal body has a capacity of 11 cubic yds. In this design, compression of the load is effected by a rear moving metal scoop operated by endless chains located outside the body. To discharge the load the rear scoop is swung upwards and the front scoop is wound towards the rear, thus pushing out the refuse. Loading is carried out from the rear.
Another vehicle on this company's stand will be a 6-cubic-yd. dual-purpose collector having a detachable top which can be readily removed when it is desired to use the vehicle for general haulage purposes.
Two ambulances -will be staged by the Austin Motor Co., Ltd., Birmingham, on Stand 109, although a third vehicle will be demonstrated in the Gilbey Hall. The smaller ambulance on the stand—an 18 h.p. model—is for two patients and has a canvas-covered stretcher with a Moseley Float-on-Air bed on each side of the body.
Then there will be a 20 h.p. ambulance equipped with Southern's " Easilift " double-stretcher gear. The demonstration ambulance will be equipped with a Lomas wheeled stretcher on the near side, and a longitudinal seat on the off side, with provision to carry a second stretcher in case of emergency. There are several unorthodox features in this model.
A new product comprising a patent hopper-loading refuse body will be one of the two exhibits of the Eagle Engineering Co., Ltd., Warwick, on Stand 110. The body is constructed of steel throughout, the rear and top being semi-circular to allow the hopper to move over them. The hopper is built of steel plates on angle-section frames, and is supported by built-up arms fulcrumed on the body sides. To carry out loading, the body is tipped by hydraulic gear, and the hopper with its load is automatically raised until, at the end of the tip, the open front of the hopper coincides with the opening in the top of the body, and the load drops to the rear. When the body returns to the normal position, the hopper is lowered, and the load in the body is distributed. When the body is fully loaded the contents are discharged at the rear.
A further exhibit will be an Eagle refuse-collection body of 12-14-cubicyd, capacity, mounted on a Thornycroft AA-type low-loading chassis, the body being equipped with a Principality hand-operated moving floor.
The exhibit of Walker Brothers
• (Wigan), Ltd., Wigan, on Stand 111 will comprise the Pagefield-Kleenaway refuse collector, which is a new type of vehicle embodying several interesting patents. The body consists of four steel shells, or scuppers, which operate on a telescopic principle. Every operation is mechanically controlled, not only the movement of the scupper sections, but also the unlocking, lifting, lowering and closing of the back doors. The Prodigy chassis, which forms the basis of the vehicle, is a well-tried and sturdy Pagefield product.
Another stand (112) on which only
ambulances will be displayed is that of Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., Coventry. There will be a 12-ft. wheelbase chassis, powered by a 20 h.p. engine, carrying an Elkington body, which can convey two stretcher cases; or one stretcher case and six sitting patients. A smaller ambulance will also be on view, in which the chassis has a wheelbase of 10 ft. 311. ins. This also has an Elkington body.
Commer Ambulance Features.
Ambulance authorities will find, on Stand 113, some new features in a vehicle built to meet their special requirements. It is to be displayed by Commer Cars, Ltd., Luton. The cornpa.ny's special ambulance chassis propelled by a six-cylindered engine is used. The body differs from usual practice in several respects, a serious attempt having been made to depart from abnormal height. A large side door is provided, and only stretcher cases are handled from the rear. On the off side there are two stretcher trays of a. new type.
An ambulance will also comprise one of the two exhibits of Morris Commercial Cars, Ltd., Birmingham, on Stand 114, the chassis having a six-cylindered engine of 25 h.p. Two stretchers equipped with Carter's spring-assisted elevating gear are carried on the off side of the body and a full-length upholstered locker on the near side accommodates five or six sitting patients.
The company will also have on view a refuse collector, in which the C-type forward-control short-wheelbase chassis is used. The body is constructed for dealing with 7 cubic yds. of refuse. Wheel-arches are introduced to reduce the loading level, these being stream. lined at the forward end to ensure free
dom from obstruction when tipping.
One of the exhibits on Stand 122 of Messrs. William Bunce and Son, Ashbury, Swindon, will be a snow-plough attachment, whilst there will also be an example of the Ashbury road-gritting machine for the distribution of sand, salt or chippings.
A lightweight, oil-engined road roller for footpaths, parks, sports grounds and estate work will be the chief exhibit on Stand 123 to be occupied by Wallis and Steevens, Ltd., Basingstoke. This is known as the Advance type and has large-diameter rolls mounted on a patented self-cambering rear axle.