Suction Sweeper by Lacre for Runways
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PRIMARILY designed for airfield runway sweeping, but having obvious possibilities for road cleansing, is a suction sweeper of Continental design which is being built under licence by Lacre Lorries, Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, Herts. It will be publicly shown for the first time in this country at the Public Works and Municipal Services Exhibition at Olympia next month.
The sweeping equipment is mounted on a Bedford SL3 forward-control chassis fitted with the 300-cu.-in. petrol engine. Whereas the Lacre road sweeper conveys dirt from the brush to the hopper by mechanical means, the new apparatus uses suction. to perform this operation.
A 7-ft. 6-in.-wide clockwise-rotating nylon brush is used and the suction orifices are in front of this. The brush is driven by a hydraulic motor and hydraulic pressure is used also to raise and lower the brush and tip the body to discharge the load.
The vehicle can be operated by One man and has a variable sweeping speed of from 4-16 m.p.h. Due to efficient filtering, the sweeping equipment creates no dust and therefore water sprays are not required, with the consequent elimination of icing troubles in winter.
The sweeper is said to operate with equal efficiency in wet or dry condition& CLAY FROM WHEELS OF • . LORRY COSTS £2,337
BECAUSE they allowed the wheels of their lorries to deposit clay, on the road surface at Stetchford (Staffs) four years ago, the Turriff Construction Co., Ltd., Brook Road, Warwick, were guilty of failing to ensure the safety of other traffic, Mr. Justice Donovan ruled at Birmingham Assizes last week. He ordered the company to pay £2,250 damages to a 15-year-old boy and £87 15s. 5d. special damages to the boy's mother.
The judge had heard how the boy's left leg was severely injured when he was struck by a milk float which had been in collision with a petrol tanker. The tanker had skidded on "the perilous surface "a road made slippery by a combination of rain, tyre grease and clay left by Turriff Construction's lorries.
Since then the child had missed a substantial amount of education by having seven operations and it was probable that „ he would be permanently incapacitated, said the judge. Turriff Construction had left the clay on the road and allowed it to become a danger to other traffic. The National Benzoic Co., Ltd., owners of the tanker, were dismissed from the Suit.
BEATON-COHEN MERGER?
nIRECTORS of G. Beaton and Sons,
Ltd.. have recommended shareholders to accept an offer by the George Cohen 600 Group of 4s. per 2s. 6d. share of the issued capital of the Beaton concern.