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NEW EQUIPMENT
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hide/Portable Radio from Philips PlY added to the wide range of vehicle radios made by Philips Electrical Ltd. is an attractive model which can be used as a Portable. This unit, model 338, designed for of operation, will fit permanently into the fascia aperture vehicle, housed in a special mounting container. The radio clicked" into position and stays fixed until released by ,ecial key. When used in a vehicle, incidentally, the scale ontoff indicator are illuminated.
'hen tested recently by The Commercial Motor, the radio ormed very well, reception being consistently good over a ; range of stations on the medium waveband: long-wave ption was also good.
he model 338 has a full-length tuning scale, which is clearly iced for easy station. identification. Waveband selection is neans of a pushbutton " in " for long wave and " out " for ium wave: a similar pushbutton is depressed when the unit ;ed as a portable radio and left in the "out " position for cle use. The other two controls (on(offivolume and tuning) rotary.
ounting equipment supplied in addition to the 6 in.-by-4 in. tical loudspeaker includes a bailie, suppression equipment. gs and the special mounting container. Output of the rtidio ugh a 12 V vehicle system (using the loudspeaker supplied) W; as a portable, using a 9 V battery output is 400 mW.
le receiver (viewed as a vehicle radio) measures 64 in. wide, t. deep and 11 in. high and the mounting container is 7 in. 7 in. deep and 2 in. high. The model weighs 2 lb.
le by: Philips Electrical Ltd., Century House. Shaftesbury nue, London WC2.
e: £21 (including mounting kit): £16 16s. (radio alone).
. and a Tape Recorder
VOTHER development by Philips Electrical Ltd. is a new vehicle tape recorder. A special mounting unit for the rder can be attached to any convenient location in the de-even at an angle, if desired. The recorder operates off tehicle's battery supply and playback is through the vehicle's a system, giving good sound quality. Recording can be :t from the vehicle radio, or by the microphone supplied the recorder.
le mounting unit has a lever-operated tray which slides to take the recorder and also for tape cassette changing— ides back to hold the recorder firmly in place during .ation. The only other control on the mounting unit is the :tor switch on the fascia panel for radio listening, recording tpe playback. The recorder itself has only one control for hack, recording. fast wind or fast rewind. Use of tape ettes. which are simply clipped into position, is claimed to osc of problems associated with tape threading.
he recorder will operate on 6 V and 12 V d.c. positive and ttive earth supplies and can be modified for 24 V operation. casette-loaded recorder is supplied complete with mount unit, carrying case. microphone (with built-in, remote stop' switch) and screened connecting lead.
le by: Philips Electrical Ltd., Century House, Shaftesbury nue, London WC2.
e: £42 (complete): mounting unit, type EL3794, £12 10s.
Rear-lighting Bars I NEXPENSIVE. compact, I.utz rear-lighting bars, suitable for fitting to trailers, caravans and so on, are now being marketed in this country by Agrisell Ltd.
This lighting bar incorporates two rear lights, and two traffic indicators or stop lights in just two bulb housings.
Three different models arc, in Tact, available for equipment between 34 ft and 54 ft., 41 ft. and 71 ft., and 6 ft. and 8 ft. wide. Each model is supplied with 12 V •bulbs, 24 ft. of cable, fixing brackets and number plate.
The unit fits on to two vertical brackets, which are permanently attached to the implement or trailer with which it is used. When the cable is not in use it is wound around special clips on the lighting bar.
Other models in this range will continue to be available, but at reduced prices.
Marketed by: Agrisell Ltd., 36 Broadway, Westminster, London SW I.
Price: £7 10s.
Battery-electric Bus Transporter A PIECE of equipment designed to move buses, called the
TPS Pedestrian-Controlled Battery-Electric Bus Transporter has recently been introduced by Trucks and Pallets (Scotland) Ltd. It has a lifting capacity of 5 tons and a towing capacity of 10 tons
This is claimed to be a safe, simple and efficient means of towing buses and other heavy vehicles under construction or during repair and maintenance operations. It features a powered hydraulic lift of 6 in.. the lowered height being Sin.; distance from the control block to the lifting pad is up to 10 ft. The driving wheel is 12 in. in diameter, and the four wheels at the loading end arc 8 in in diameter.
The transporter is strongly made to operate for long periods with a minimum of attention.
Made by: Trucks and Pallets (Scotland) Ltd., Braeview Place,
East Kilbride. Glasgow. Scotland. (continued overleap Supersound
IN the July 2 issue of The Commercial Motor, reference was I made to "The first British-made vehicle radio to be marketed for less than £10" by Associated Merchandizing of Refinery House, 30 Dorset Square, London NW!. A further statement regarding this radio, the Supersound (built by Grunther Industrial Developments Ltd.), has been received from the distributors.
This statement includes the following: "We recently published in the Press a statement of our intentions to market the Supersound car radio which was to retail at £9 19s. 6d. Unfortunately the manufacturers who contracted with us to produce these car radios have informed us that owing to a fire at their factory they would not now be able to commence delivery until December of this year. In the circumstances Associated Merchandising have reluctantly decided to abandon the project."
Portable Shotblast Unit 'THE smallest shotblasting machine yet produced—this is the
claim made for the Miniblast unit by the makers, Penfold Metallising Co. Ltd. This spherical unit (unladen weight, 40 lb.) has been designed to give maximum portability combined with high-speed operation: it can be equipped with a hose-andnozzle combination to fully utilize the output from a 50 h.p. compressor. But, with little alteration, it can be fitted with a Hit, diameter nozzle requiring only 10 cu. ft. of free air per minute.
The Miniblast is designed for three main functions. It can he placed under an existing suction-type blast cabinet (injecting increased power and increasing output for the same air consumption and labour cost); it will quickly remove rust and scale on outside work; and it can be built into a small jobbing shotblast room or cabinet.
The makers state that continuous blasting can be carried out on one filling for 5 to 45 minutes — depending on nozzle size, air pressure and the type of abrasive used. The portability of this unit means that the need for long hoses (normally used with a large blast machine) is eliminated when work is difficult to get at—for example, inside a road tanker as the Miniblast unit will go inside the tank.
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Filling is by means of a lightweight funnel, which incorporates a mesh screen to exclude large pieces. Made by: Penfold Metalthing Co. Ltd., Barnham. Bognor Regis, Sussex.