Sensible Ideas in New Body Fittings
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SOME interesting coachwork fittings have recently been introduced by Beckett, Laycoek and Watkinson, Ltd., Acton Lane, London, N.W.10. A modification to the Typhoon half-drop window is the provision of a floating fitting -within the frame, this permitting a variation of • in. either side of the central position. All coachbuilders and operators are familiar with the jamming difficulties of windows that are caused by even the slightest variance from truth in the window framework, and the floating channel now adopted is extremely simple, the necessary resilience being obtained by means of flat springs. The adjustment of this window is by means of a pressed stainless-steel rack and a phosphor-bronze toothed wedge, giving a positive lock in any position. Opposite the rack is a waximpregnated tape, on which the frame slides. The operating handle is of the pinch-grip type, and a feature is that the entire window is quickly removed when glass replacement is necessary.
The latest Beclawat sunk door handle is made to hinge outwards, so as to give a comfortable grip and, being springloaded, automatically returns to its B46 normal position. The spindle is similarly fitted, so that the handle is always horizontal when not in use and its weight not imposed upon the lock.
The louvre which this company produces, instead of being stamped out from the sheet in one piece, is made in • individual pressings. Two advantages result, one being that the inner and outer metal faces overlap, and the other being that any length of louvre is quickly made up from stock parts.
The Beclawat ball-race runner affords an excellent hanging for sliding coach doors and is useful in connection with sliding all-weather roofs and delivery-van partitions. The main
channel and runner bar are made from weldless drawn-steel tube, this being light in weight and having a hard surface, whilst the balls are of stainless steel and so have no tendency to rust.