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Mobile inflator
DESIGNED to plug into any convenient air point, a new J.A.R. Airporter mobile tyre inflator can be used within a radius of 30 ft. Hose is paid out and rewinds automatically, and the gauge reads from 0 to 100 p.s.i. with 2 lb. graduations.
Made by: J.A.R. Garage Equipment, 26/27 Bissell Street, Birmingham 5.
Price : £3 7 10s.
Stretcher trolley
RTICULARLY suitable for one-man
operated ambulances, a Morrison-Electricar variable-height stretcher trolley produced by Austin Crompton Parkinson Electric Vehicles Ltd. has a height range of 26 in. to 48 in. Adjustment of the trolley height to the height of the channel guides of the ambulance enables the stretcher to be rolled into the vehicle. Height variation also facilitates examination of recumbent patients without creating a disturbance. The channel members on which the stretcher is carried are elevated by a lever-operated scissors mechanism. The structure is of welded aluminium. •
Made by: Austin Crompton Parkinson Electric Vehicles Ltd., Countesthorpe Road, Wigston, Leicester.
Spot and fog lamps
AN additional pair of quartz-iodine lamps has been added by Ceag Ltd. to its range of Q1 Slimline spot and fog lamps. These are known as the Lumax 2000 amber driving lamp and 2001 clear fog lamp. Made by: Ceag Ltd., Queens Road, Barnsley, Yorks.
Price: £5 5s. per lamp.
Vehicle washer
QUITABLE for washing all types of con mercial vehicle is the Wanda Wash, spray washer introduced by Atcost (Engii eering) Ltd. A fan-shaped spray issu■ from the nozzle of a hand-held wand, tt line pressure being 500 p.s.i. The washir fluid comprises heated water treated with softening agent and a special detergent. Made by: Atcost (Engineering) Ltd., Tt Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
Wheel balance weights
ADDITIONS to the range of who balance weights produced by Airve Ltd. provide for the balancing of heavy Ionand bus wheels as well as the wheels c lighter vehicles. The company supplies tool, Airvert K5 pliers, designed to facilitat fixing and renewal of balance weights. Th weights are available in ounce and gramm ranges.
Made by: Airvert Ltd., Haddenham, Ayle bury, Bucks.
Sonic warning
CITED by the maker as suitable for fit ting in the cab of a commercial vehicl to give warning of dangerously low tyr( oil or brake-line pressures, is the Bleeptone a new type of sonic signal source introduca by A. P. Besson and Partner Ltd. The in strument can be heard at a distance o 500 ft. A low current drain is claimed.
In size and appearance the instrument i identical to the rocking-armature receive employed in modern telephones.
Made by: A. P. Besson and Partner Ltd. St. Josephs Close, Hove, Sussex.