22-ft. Trailer as Library
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:OUR-WHEELED 22-ft. trailer, :cially designed as a mobile library. g marketed by H.C.B. Engineering, 7otton, Southampton. The chassis lufactured by the Low Loading • Co., Ltd.. Bedford, and has n brakes on all wheels.
panelling in 18g. aluminium, the ig is constructed in hardwood. is a single entrance forward of the xle on the near side, comprising itward-opening doors and a folding r. The entrance steps are arranged ippear during travelling. Natural g to the interior is provided by four
ershields Perspex ventilating of approximately 36 in. by 22 in. interior flooring is on two levels, double step between the shelving access to the forward end. The floor is equipped with seven shelves e upper with six. Constructed in hey are arranged in 3-ft. bays with ium-faced lockers below them. .helving is fitted with hinged slats in the hooks in place during hard g.
le the entrance, on the left, is d plate-glass screen and a staff vith an extending hinged flap. .tal chair is provided for the an.
boards are installed in each corner, in each of which is a warm-air circulator. One cupboard on the near side at the rear contains main switches, fuses and battery. The exterior cable is introduced to the foot of the cupboard through a spring-loaded door of 4 in. diameter, so that cable and plug can be reeled into the vehicle.
Interior lighting is supplied by two 40 W. fluorescent tubes in the roof, a 25 W. lamp over the entrance. six 12v. 24 W. close-ceiling lamps and a 12v. 24 W. lamp illuminating the entrance steps. The 12v. lamps are supplied from heavy-duty batteries carried in the electrical cupboard. Tail and forward parking lights are also provided.
The library is ventilated by two Vent • axia 6-in, silent and reversible fan units and there are two tubular heaters beneath the desk. The cupboard-mounted warm air circulators are Belling 2-kW. cornet models. Interior panelling is of hardboard covered with p.v.c., and linoleum covers the floor.