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Municipal Appliances and Vehicles at the PUBLIC HEALTH CONC ESS AND EXHIBITION

18th November 1930
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A Survey of the Transport Exhibits at an Important Event Held in London.

New Products as Well as Standard and Welltried Machinery on View THE Public Health Congress Rad Exhibition, which opened at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, London, yesterday (Monday) and remains open until Saturday next, November 22nd, is an important event to officials engaged in many branches of municipal administration. Accordingly, it provides commercial-motor makers with a good chance for .bringing their products to the notice of responsible representatives of many local authorities. Some of the most important British manufacturers are showing vehicles and appliances and, in several instances, new machines or bodies are making their first public appearance. With the exception of two exhibitors, the stands of which are to be found in the entrance hall, all those concerns with which we deal in our report below are in the main hall. One has only to make a cursory examination of the exhibits to realize that makers are displaying a keen conception of the tasks besetting municipal engineers, particularly in the matter of collection and disposal of domestic and trade refuse.

The Congress and Exhibition was opened by the Minister of Health. It opens daily at 10.30 a.m. and closes at 7 p.m., the charge for admission being 1s. 3d. Of the many papers which are being read during the period of the exhibition, that of outstanding interest to our readers. is entitled " The Future of Public Cleansing Work" and will be read by Mr. H. Cook, -the cleansing superintendent of Rochdale, at a meeting of the Institute of Public Cleansing on Friday next at 11 a.m.

Allan, Taylor and Co., 126-128, High Street, London, S.W.18: MHIS well-known concern of Ford dealers is exhibiting one of the A.T. low-loader dustcarts of 7 cubic yards capacitY, having hydraulic tipping gear for emptying purposes. The vehicle embodies several Ford parts and has much to commend it for its low frame height, simplicity of design and the easy access afforded the driver.

On the same stand will be seen an example of the A.T. Air Force Golfing tractor; this being an outfit of a similar type to that which has recently been delivered to Croydon Aerodrome. It is well suited to work on golf courses, aerodromes, parks and recreation grounds, not to mention large private estates. The A.T. patent pump and power takeoff are also displayed. The pump is capable of an output of 45 gallons per minute. DENNIS Stand 78 Dennis Brothers, Ltd., Guildford.

OO outstanding interest on this stand is the company's new 550-gallon gully emptier, which is also available for street sprinkling, sewer and channel Rushing and cesspool emptying. The

tank has two compartments and the whole of the rear comprises the emptying door. The body is made to tip to an angle of 45 degrees, thus avoiding the need for raking out the contents when discharging the load. As an alternative to the tank, a tipping body may be substituted in under 30 minutes. The basis of this interesting outfit is the Dennis 2i-ton pneumatic-tyred chassis, which has a wheelbase of 12 ft. This machine has been specially designed for use in towns in which insufficient work is available to justify the purchase of a larger appliance. In this respect it can be mentioned that one man can, unaided, perform all the operations associated with its use.

The second exhibit on the Dennis stand is a 2-ton forward-control refuse collector, having a capacity of 7 cubic yds. This machine is provided with a steel body which tapers towards the front. The body is elevated by hydraulic gear and tips to an angle of approximately 50 degrees.

DU CROS Stand 785 W. and G. Du Cros, Ltd., Acton. London, W.S.

MELD Du Cros 2-ton low-loading .L refuse-collection vehicle, which has a capacity of 7 cubic yards, is shown by this old-established London concern. This model has a four-cylindered overhead-valve engine of 90 mm. bore and 130 mm. stroke, a dry-plate clutch and four-speed gearbox with central control.

The chassis weight is 1 ton 7 cwt., the wheelbase being 10 ft. 71 ins,, and the wheels being arranged for 26-in. by 5-in, solid tyres with twins on the rear wheels. Hydraulic end-tipping gear is provided for the all-metal body and the Du Cros balanced metal covers are fitted. The door at the rear for emptying purposes is of the self-opening type.

EAGLE Stand 76 The Eagle Engineering Co., Ltd., Warwick.

AT every Public Health Exhibition the Eagle stand is an important one, for this company has for years specialized in the production of municipal appliances. One of the most interesting exhibits on the stand this year is a special bin-changing refuse collector, one of two which the company has made for the City of Westminster. Many municipal engineers regard the bin-changing system as the system par excellence of refuse collection. There are six trays suspended from a rotating frame, and there are two fixed ''shelves. The total capacity is SS bins. The trailer was technically described in our issue dated April let last.

The New-Eagle rotary refuse container with Ess-Em shutters is another advanced form of refuse collector. The model shown has a capacity of 8 cubic

yards and is intended for use with an International tractor. With this appliance and the special bins there is absolutely no escape of dust. The body is rotated to trim the load, and poweroperated end-tipping gear is provided for emptying.

A Thornycroft A-type 2-ton lowloading chassis with pneumatic tyres, carrying a 7-cubic-yard refuse body equipped with Eagle patent automatic covers for use with ordinary dustbins constitutes a third exhibit. In this ease the covers are treadle-operated. . A similar type of body is seen on a Vulcan 35-40-cwt. chassis. The wellknown Eagle patent two-wheeled refusecollection trailer for use with tractors and horses is also on view. This type has a telescopic drawbar and can actually be operated in 9 ft. alleyways.

ELECTRICARS Stand 82 Eleetricars, Ltd., Lawley Street, Birmingham.

IN addition to an Electricar 3i-ton low-loading refuse collector, which is displayed on the stand of the exhibitor, there is a vehicle of the same capacity available for demonstration purposes in the Gilbey Hall. The vehicle on the stand has been specially built for the Birmingham authorities, and it is equipped with the company's patent flexible-steel roller shutters, which can be manipulated with ease. The height of the body is such that 1.1i packer can work inside it if required. The fixed canopy of the body collects rising dust.

The body has an unusually large capacity for a refuse-collection vehicle, and for this reason bulky and light material can be readily dealt with. The demonstration vehicle has foot-operated dustless covers.

F.M. Stand 62 Fitch, McGillivray and Co., Ltd., 167, Shaftesbury Avenue, London, W.C.2.

THIS London concern is showing a Vulcan 2-ton low-loading chassis with the patent F.M. refuse-collection body and Eromilow and Edwards hydraulic end-tipping gear. The P.M. covers are treadle operated, but are different from most kinds in that each is divided in two and hinged longitudinally, the two parts being inter-connect ing by a simple link system. This gives an extremely satisfactory action, for the edge of each cover does not project beyond the side of the body when rising, but recedes at the first movement.

" There are no sliding surfaces to wear or clog, and no wearing parts in contact with the refuse. The action of the cover, which is, 'of course, counterbalanced, is immediately appreciated when it is seen " sitting down" upon the refuse.

FORD Stan& 38-40

Ford Motor Co., Ltd., 88, Regent Street, London, W.1. QITITE a good selection of Ford commercial vehicles suitable for various municipal purposes is displayed on this stand. Tho light van priced at f156 is a useful vehicle and has a body capacity of 91 cubic ft. The standard 30-cwt. lorry is suitable for many kinds of municipal transport including par ticularly the conveyance of road materials, although a more serviceable machine for this class of work is probably the .three-way tipper with hydraulic tipping gear, also to be seen.

The company is taking advantage of this opportunity to exhibit the Ford chassis equipped with a 17-seater parlour coach body. In addition to the vehicles referred to above, there is a Fordson Industrial tractor. FOWLER Stand 81 John Fowler and Co. (Leeds), Ltd., Leeds.

piN the stand of this company will

be found a steam gully emptier, which is really a multi-purpose appliance, since, apart from its main duty, it can be employed for street washing and sprinkling, channel damping, kerb washing, sewer flushing, cesspool emptying, etc. The outfit has achieved much success in municipal circles by reason of its all-round capabilities. In addition to the duties outlined, it can be used for supplying steam or hot or cold water under pressure for cleansing purposes, and it will be noted that the machine shown is equipped with a snow plough. There are several outstanding features of the design. The patented design of chamber, which is placed on top of the main sludge tank, enables a vacuum to be raised in less than half a minute, whilst the method of drawing off surplus water from the top of the sludge for the purpose of resealing the gullies increases the capacity of the appliance. The sludge tank is set at a steep angle, thus ensuring selfemptying imMediately the rear door is fully opened. The capacity of the sludge tank is 900 gallons, the clean-water tank holding 1,020 gallons. The company is demonstrating a petrol gully emptier, which has an Albion chassis as its basis. In this ease the vacuum is obtained by means of a powerful pump operated by the engine.

GN. Stand 20 General Vehicle Co., Ltd., 15, Devonshire Street, London, E.C.2.

ELECTRIC vehicles are largely favoured for certain municipal tasks, and in this respect the' exhibits of the General Vehicle Co., Ltd., deserve attention. The company is show ing two machines, one a 2-ton four wheeled refuse collector and the other a six-wheeled low-loader built for similar duties. The bodywork on both vehicles, which is a registered design, has four sliding doors on each side. These are carried on rollers at the top and the bottom, and can be slid so as to give openings at any point, thus ensuring even load distribution. In the case of each vehicle hydraulic tipping

gear of Bromilow and Ed,wards make is employed.

The loading height of both vehicles is 4 ft. 6 ins., the total capacity of the four-wheeler being 6 cubic yds. and of the six-wheeler 12 cubic yds.

The controller of the G.V. chassis is the company's standard drum type, giving five forward and two reverse speeds. The motor is series wound and totally enclosed ; it is capable of carrying a considerable overload.

HARRIER. Stand 55 Harrier Motors, Ltd., Harrier Works, Huddersfield.

OF chief interest on this stand is the maker's new three-wheeled low-loath lug refuse collector. This is being shown in public for the first time. The vehicle incorporates in its design a 7 h.p. power unit, has a maximum speed of 25 m.p.h. and can turn in a 20-ft. circle. It is stated that under full-load conditions the machine can give a fuel return of 14 m.p.g. The body of the machine exhibited has roll-up canvas covers and is elevated by hydraulic means.

The company's municipal range is represented by three other machines, these being a standard RSC-type roadsweeper, sprinkler and collector, a standard CYR-type low-loading refuse collector having an end-tipping body with a capacity of 8 cubic yards, and a DRC-type dustless refuse collector, which has recently been Placed on the market.

The last-named is particularly interesting by reason of the fact that the body is totally enclosed. The refuse is discharged into either of the rotary loaders which are positioned between the driver's cab and the refuse container. The refuse is conveyed directly into the inner area of a rotor and here it is partially screened and separated by partitions which form the outer cylindrical wall of the rotor. The refuse is then thrown towards the rear of the body.

LACRE Stand 80 Laere Lorries, Ltd., 78, York Roan, London, N.1.

TWO of the sweepers made by Laere Lorries, Ltd., are to be seen on this stand. The L-type, the bigger of the two, is the modern edition of a sweeper that has been popular for quite 25 years, and some of the features which may well be borne in mind are that the tax is only 112 , Per annum, the driver is advantageously situated behind the brush, as the chassis has three road wheels there is a tendency to keep the brush in close contact with the road, even when uneven surfaces are being negotiated, and that the width of sweeper is about 6 ft.

The • water-cooled engine develops approximately 12 h.p. and the gearbox, located tit the rear, gives two speeds forward and reverse.

The B-type sweeper, also exhibited, is really a smaller edition of the one referred to above. In this case a 9 hp. four-cylindered engine is employed and the brush is 4 ft. 10 ins, in length.

MORRIS•COMMERCIAL Stands 42 and 43 Morris' Commercial Cars, Ltd., Soho, Birmingham.

ACH of the two vehicles shown by U 1 this important concern has as its basis an example of the Morris-Commercial 35-40-cwt. chassis. In one case the

chassis has a wheelbase of 13. ft. and 30-in. by 5-in. tyres on all wheels, whilst the other chassis has an 11-ft. wheelbage and is equipped with 32-in. by 6-in. tyres on the front wheels and 34-in. by 7-in. tyres on the rear wheels.

The longer vehicle has a capacity of approximately 7 cubic yards, that of the other machine being about 180 cubic ft. In the case of the former the allmetal body, which hag a loading line of 4 ft. 6 ins., is tipped by hydraulic gear, there being a power take-off from the gearbox. The tail doors are split vertically so that the secthms hinge against the sides when tipping.

The all-wood body of the other refuse collector is raised and lowered by handoperated tipping gear.

MOXONS Stand 103 Moxons, Ltd., High Road, Whetstone, , London, N.20.

THE latest Moxon Tractor-track for sports ground is seen at this exhibition. This has a Dorman 11.9 h.p. four-cylindered engine and three-speed gearbox, whence power is convoyed by a triple chain to a sprocket at the front end of a short cardan shaft and thence to the rear wheels through an orthodox difforential gear. Pneumatic tyres and high-ratio chain sprockets are fitted for road work, the rear wheels being exchanged for spiked wheels when the machine is used for hauling mowers,

etc., on turf. The chassis carries a hand-tipping body made from sheet steel. The machine is capable of hauling seven 30-in. 'mowers.

This compel:13,4s showing for the first time a new model in the form of a 25cwt. three-roll petrol-driven roller with a 4 hp. single-cylindered air-cooled engine. The rolling width is 3 ft. 6 ins., and the machine can run close up to walls or other obstructions on either side. The list price is £18.

PAGEFIELD Stand 75 Walker Brothers (Wigan), Ltd., Pagefield Works, Wigan.

MMANY municipal authorities have adopted the Pagefield system of refuse collection which, in its basic form, consists of the employment of a

motor-vehicle chassis specially designed to work in conjunction with horsedrawn containers. The exhibit of the company comprises a 4-ton chassis built for working with containers of a capacity not exceeding 8 cubic yards. The chassis is unusually interesting because it incorporates in its design the Gardner three-cylindered compression-ignition power unit. To ensure easy starting by hand, two cylinders can be cut out.

The specification includes a four-speed gearbox and a worm-driven rear axle. On top of the former is bolted a cover containing gearing which serves the dual purpose of driving the winch gear and the twin telescopic tipping screws, the former being housed in a lifting frame with two ramps, on to which the container is hauled through the medium of two steel cables. All controls are automatic and a high angle of tip is obtained.

A 7 cubic yard container is prominent on the stand. The all-steel body is fitted with four separate covers on each side.

ROTOTILLFA Stand 131 Geo. Monro, Ltd., Hertford Road, Waltham Cross, Herts.

A LTHOUGH the Rototiller, which is

made in 5 h.p. and 10 h.p. sizes, is primarily •a soil-tilling outfit, by means of a simple adjustment it is capable of doing deep tillage work or light scarifying, and it has several uses in conneetioh with the problems of sludge disposal. In the first place the machine can be used for keeping the surface of ash filter beds free from weeds, whilst it can be used for the preparation and regeneration of the cinder or sand sur faces of sludge-drying areas. Then, again, the outfit can be effectively used for turning sludge into the soil, thus disposing of the waste matter and fertilizing the ground very effectively.

George Monro, Ltd., which has been acting as selling agent for the machine amongst the farming community, has now been entrusted by the maker With its distribution amongst managers of sewage-disposal works and others interested in similar connections. S.D. FREIGHTER Stand 54

Shelvoke and Drewry, Ltd., Letchworth, Herts.

111HREE different types of refuse...L. collector are shown on the stand of this company. Two of the vehicles have a capacity of 10 cubic yds., one including a body with hand-operated metal covers which slide in grooves, and the other a body with four sliding shutters on each side, these being connected with a .foot-bar which is a few inches above pavement level and is operated by a slight pressure of the loader's foot. Each of these vehicles has a body which is 14 ft. long, 6 ft. wide at the front and 6 ft. 6 ins, wide at the rear. The loading height a the Freighter having foot-operated shutters is 4 ft. 5 ins.

The other vehicle exhibited is a S.D. Freighter chassis of 6-ft. 9-in, wheelbase, equipped with hydraulic side-tipPing gear and carrying two 2cubicyard refuse container. A stand is also Provided with this equipment When a container is full of refuse, it is eellected by being rolled off the stand on to the chassis and then taken away for discharging, an empty container replacing it. This system offers an hygienic solution to the refuse-collection problem as it affects people living in flats and block dwellings.

THORNYCRO FT Stand 77 John I. Thomycroft and Co., Ltd., Smith Square, London, S.W.1.

MHIS old-established company has had much experience in the manufacture of municipal vehicles and appliances, its first machine of this kind, a steam tipping wagon, having been supplied to Chiswick Urban District Council as long ago as 1897. The machine which is on view comprises the maker's latest A-type low-loading lorry , for refuse collection.

• The chassis specification embodies a four-cylindered engine with a bore of 3i ins, and a stroke of 5 ins., a singleplate dry clutch, a four-speed-and-reverse gearbox and an overhead wormdriven rear axle. The wheelbase of the machine is 10 ft. and its turning circle s• 37 ft., the frame height (laden) being 2 ft. 14 ins. The machine is equipped with 27-in. by 3i-in. solid tyres, twins being used on the rear wheels.

The body is a, patent type made by the Eagle Engineering Co., Ltd. It Is steel-lined and has three metal shutters

c40 which are operated by means of a footbar, rods working in tubular guides being the means of connection. The load is discharged by the Eagle-type mechanically operated end-tipping gear, a gearbox take-off of Thornycroft design providing the necessary power.

TUKE AND BELL Stand 37 Ttf-te and Bell, Ltd., Lichfield, Staffs.

MIROM the point of view of crur .1: readers, probably the most intereeting item on this stand is a Puke end Bell low-loading vehicle, of 6 cubic yds. capacity, for the collection of house refuse. This is of the kind in which a movable partition is pushed forward when loading commences, the height to which the bin must be lif•ed being about 3 ft. 9 ins. The operator ascends to the floor level by two steps. The body space is increased by the movement rearward of the partition, and this acts as a tailboard or door when the body is full. The moving of the tailboard pulls out a canvas shutter to cover the refuse already loaded.

The Tuke and Bell special type of

cover is exhibited, and this can be operated by foot or by band. The cover closes immediately the contents of the bin have been deposited.

UNIC Stand 19 Utile Automobiles, Ltd., 303.305, Cricklewood Broadway, London, N.W.2.

ON Stand 19 is seen a recently introduced Unic model in the form of a low-loading refuse collector, having as its basis the type-MOO chassis. A description of this vehicle was given in our issue dated July 15th. The wheelbase is 11 ft. 9i ins., and this affords a body length of 12 ft. 8/ ins. The engine is of the four-cylindered monobloc type. Transmission is by a dry multi -disc five-plate clutch, tour-speed gearb x, an open propeller shaft, and a spiral bevel back axle.

Th capacity of the vehicle shown is 5i cubic yds., and the chassis employed is ea able of carrying a gross load, inclucli g the body, of 2 .tons 11 cwt. The lody is of the all-steel type, and is cquipjied with hand-operated dust-trap. ping mvers. The rear door Is of the auto atic-opening variety, thus enabling the 1 to be discharged without delay.

The Vulcan Motor and Engineering Co. (1906), Ltd., Crossens, Southport.

ANEW gully emptier and street sprinkler is to be seen on the Vulcan stand. The maker's 3i-ton normal-control chassis forms the basis of this machine. The four-eylindered engine has a bore of 110 mm. and a stroke of 140 ram. The body, which is built by Tuke and Bell, Ltd., of Lichfield, has two compartments, one of 450 gallons capacity for clean water, and the other of 300 gallons capacity for sludge. The receiver Is exhausted

by a rotary exhauster. Wor street sprinkling the water tank is equipped

withand Bell piston-type sprinklers.

On the same stand is to be seen the Vulcan Stoke-type 30-35-cwt. refuse collector with Tuke and Bell grit-spraying attachment. This has been designed for use in districts where the dump is a considerable distance from the scene of collection. The chassis is the standard Vulcan 3X]3' forward-control type. The top of the body is divided into sections, each covered by a roll-up canvas cover.

A slightly larger machine is the Vulcan 35-40-cwt. '7-cubic-yd. refuse collector. This model incorporates the patent O.K. bin-loadihg device.

YORKSHIRE Stand 56 The Yorkshire Patent Steam Wagon Co., Hunslet, Leeds.

THE well-known gully emptier exhibited here is equipped with streetwashing and sprinkling apparatus. The Yorkshire patented gully emptying system employs the principle of separate vacuum tank and sludge tank, and a useful working vacuum may be raised in the short space of 10-15 seconds.

The vacuum tank has a capacity of 110 gallons, whilst the sludge tank will hold 900 gallons. In addition, there is a clean-water compartment holding 1,000 gallons of water for use in resealing gullies.


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