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I NCORPORATING auxiliary stay members that provide a parallel linkage motion to ensure stability irrespective of the balance of the load, an improved version of the Vertiswing 5-cwt. rear-end loader for lorries has been introduced by Service Engineering Co. (Northampton). Ltd., Weedon Road, Northampton.
Made of steel, the platform measures 2 ft. 1 in. by 2 ft. 6 in. long and is open at each end. Hinged supports allow the assembly to fold flush with the end of the vehicle when not in use. A platform 4 ft. wide can be supplied to order.
The assembly is raised by a hydraulic system. and it is stated that the Vertiswing can be fitted in less than a day. The price is £110, but the cost for long vehicles or vehicle combinations is rather more to allow for the greater length of connection to the power take-off.
Carburetter Facts LIBERALLY illustrated, "Carburetters La and the Fuel System" is the latest edition in The Modern Car Easy Guide series published by Temple Press Limited. Bowling Green Lane, London, E.C.1. It costs 2s. 6d. from all booksellers or 2s. Ild, by post from the publishers. The book is written in simple language and may be recommended to fitters concerned with the tuning of different types of engine.
Brake-drum Lathe rAPABLE of dealing with drums of 14-, from 6 in.-2 ft. diameter and up to if in. in depth, a brake-drum lathe offered by Repco, Ltd., 59 St. James's Street, London, W.1, may be equipped with an outrigger so that wheels need not be detached from the drums for grinding to be performed, as is sometimes desirable with certain types of vehicle.
The machine is stated to be capable of being worked by unskilled operators. The motor is easily accessible for changing the spindle speed: 90, 115 or D24
150 r.p.m. can be selected. When the wheel is being dressed before grinding, the diamond unit is clamped on to the drum, which is prevented from rotating by a safety device.
During grinding or turning, a rubber band may be placed around the drum to dampen vibration. Although drums with a minimum diameter of 6 in. may bc turned, the limit for grinding is 10 in. diameter.
Cleaning Floors OF a number of new appliances introduced by the British Vacuum Electrical and Engineering Co., Ltd., Leatherhead, Surrey, the Hedgehog is of particular interest to operators and others concerned with keeping clean concrete and possibly wood floors liable to
.• dirty with accumulations of oil tam It is a wheeled unit to which. front, two brushes can be fitted. stiffest grade of these is of wire. licative of its performance is the it a Hedgehog successfully cleaned m of a London taxi garage which ot been attended to for over irs, removing compacted grease n 11-1i in. thick. The Hedgehog : driven by a mains electric motor plied as an independent batteryappliance at respective prices of id £175.
hes of ordinary bristle may be ed, for example, to polish parquet The appliance may also be td with a tank for liquid detergent linoleum or mastic flooring can ned by scrubbing, in which form it in as the Otter, costing £195 with s or £150 for mains operation. nodels in the B.V.C. range are the ink and Musquash for lighter tions, and the Ferret and Vampire !e driers.
rig Stelvetite
DING equipment for working Ivetite plastics-coated steel (The Trial Motor, January 16) is being ltd by the A.R.O. Machinery Co., 90 Castelnau, London, S.W,13. P 47 twin-spot gun is specially J for the single-sided approach of welding, and its use leaves no to disturb the pattern of the face.
:ompany have also introduced the CD 3/1V spot-weld timer, contactor and booster unit for use with their Nos. 413 and 414 guns, and this is housed in a cabinet made of Stelvetite. The electric circuitry is simplified, and mechanical realm springs are eliminated by the use of pneumatics. This is stated to speed operation and involve less maintenance.
Standard Heaters
HEATING and demisting equipment I I introduced by Smith's Motor Accessories, Ltd., 50 Oxgate Lane, London. N.W.2, at last year's Commercial Motor Show is now being fitted as basic equipment by Duple Motor Bodies, Ltd. The heater chosen, the type R550, is of the underseat type, being directly attached to the seats instead of the floor.
The advantage is that when the seating arrangement of a vehicle is changed there is no need to disconnect the heaters from the water supply. This is made possible by a special S-shaped rubber pipe. The demister is the F376 model, designed to meet the new official requirement that public-service vehicles with fixed windscreens must have an efficient demisting system.
Gripping Tubes HAVING a pivoted turret jaw contain1 I ing a series of vertical half-round and V-slots, the Dohm-Wilson turret jaw vice has been designed to facilitate holding angles, tubes and bars. Produced by Dohm, Ltd., 167 Victoria Street, London, S.W.1, the vice is made of malleable cast steel with a tensile strength of 20 tons per sq. in. Horizontal workpieces, for example tubes, are held in a long V-groove across the face of the jaw without end droop, and irregularly shaped work can be 'securely held without clamps or jigs as the jaw provides' multi-point contact.