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A New Street Sweeper and Refuse Collector.

18th May 1926, Page 24
18th May 1926
Page 24
Page 24, 18th May 1926 — A New Street Sweeper and Refuse Collector.
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THE new municipal appliance which appears in the accompanying illustration has recently been introduced by the Vulcan Motor and Engineering Co. (1906), Ltd., Crossens, Southport. As is indicated by the general features of design, the machine is constructed for collecting as well as sweeping, and is built to operate at a maximum speed of 10 m.p.h. It is a one-man-controlled appliance, the auxiliary clutch for driving the elevator and brushes and for lowering the brushes being controlled by a single lever. While the machine Is working the sweepings which are Collected are entirely enclosed so that there is no possibility of the atmosphere being contaminated.

The outstanding features of the chassis comprise a four-cylinder monobloc engine with a bore of 95 mm. and a stroke of 140 ram., which develops 29 b.h.p. at 1,000 r.p.m. The drive is taken

by a Ferodo-faced cone clutch to a threespeed-and-reverse gearbox with enclosed bevel drive to chain sprockets for roller chain drive to the rear wheels. The rear axle is of the tubular type, with

spring brackets attached. The ordinary road wheels are of cast-steel and carry 18-in. diameter brake drums and chain wheels, the hubs revolving on floating bronze bushes of large area.

Now a few words about the sweeping and collecting apparatus. The elevator buckets operate between the rear axle and rear brushes inside a suitable easing, which is provided with the necessary inspection doors. The trailer is designed to ensure that the container remains in line with the chassis and elevator, in order that no sweepings can fall back on to the road.

The tipping container, which has a capacity of 2i-3 tons, is of steel-plate construction. It tips by gravity to either side or may be detached complete with the trailer. It is, of course, filled without man-handling, whatever the condition of the sweepings which are being dealt with.

The gutter or channel brush is disposed on the near side and projects well beyond the wheel track and behind the front axle. The rear brushes are arranged in a semicircle behind the back axle ; this arrangement of the brushes ensures that no lines of dirt axe left on the road after sweeping. The brushes are 20 ins, in diameter and the effective sweeping width of the machine

is ft. The steering is arranged on the near aide of the chassis so that the driver has a clear view of the working of the gutter brush.

A water tank of 100-gallons capacity iS` placed above the driver's cab and is intended for use on dry days when it is necessary to lay the dust and thus prevent it from being thrown into the air.

We hope to have an early opportunity of inspecting this machine and of examining its many interesting details, and after this has been done we shall be in a position to provide our readers with further particulars of the appliance and of its capabilities.

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Locations: Southport

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