Power Door Innovations Demonstrated
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A NEW pressed-aluminium bus-door
section of light design was among the developments displayed at an exhibition staged by Deans and Son (Yorkshire), Ltd., in Manchester this week. A hydraulic system of operation has also been introduced, by means of which double-folding doors can be used With indirect manual control. This design is to meet the special requirements of Atlantean and Bridgemaster vehicles.
A new electro-pneumatic valve for the control of electro-pneumatically operated doors was also shown. This device is designed to reducewear in the valve sleeve during continuous operation.
The aluminium door section incorporates a light-metal framework, the unit being made up in two pressings which are rolled into the frame, so as to make a section,of integral construction. The glazing lips are drawn into the shells of the glass aperture, which conform to standard dimensions, but, apart from this, the door is variable in size. The complete door section for a doublefolding design, including glass above and. below the central transverse beam, and with glazing rubber and rubber draught-excluder sections. weighs only 161 lb.
Equipment is available to provide for multi-button control• of the doors. A system of foot. operation has also been made available.
HAULIER HAD TO WORK IN WAREHOUSE
BECAUSE his vehicle was restricted to a 20-mile radius for general goods, a Bristol haulier had to work in a warehouse some days each week through lack of business. Mr. S. W. Nelson, Western Licensing Authority, was told this on Monday when the haulier, Mr. Arthur McDowell, of 26 Eastwood Road, St. Annes, applied to extend the radius to 50 miles.
Supporting the applicant, Mr. Stanley Stock, proprietor of Stock and Collins, constructional engineers, said that the vehicle was sub-contracted to his company. There was a great need for a wider radius to be granted.
Mr. Bosley, a director of Appleby and Sons, Ltd., wholesale provision merchants, said they had employed Mr. McDowell in their warehouse when he was unable to find work for his vehicle. They would be prepared to give him loads if the variation was granted.
Mr. Nelson agreed with Mr. L. Pratley, appearing for the objectors, British Road Services and British Railways, that there was no need for "general goods 50 miles." However, it was not right that Mr. McDowell ' should have to work in a warehouse after operating his vehicle two or three days a week. He authorized "goods for Stock and Collins and for Appleby and Sons, Ltd., 50 miles. general goods 10 miles."