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Pallet Made of Fabric
A PALLET made. of hessian and selling at approximately a third the price of 1-1 conventional types has been produced by Thos. Manning Sons and Co., Ltd., Dundee House, 1 Canal Street, Manchester, 1. Known as the Manjute, it consists of a hessian sling looped at each end to accommodate heavy-cardboard sleeves reinforced with metal mesh. The sleeves fit over the forks of a fork-lift truck.
Weighing 13 lb., the Manjute will bear 2,000 lb., and may be folded up for storage. Any size can be specified, although the standard type is 3 ft, 10 in. by 2 ft. 3 in,
Electric Jack AGARAGF jack of 10 tons capacity with battery-electi:ic: power for lifting and travelling is being offered by fiwsbury's Mechanical Handling, Ltd., Chapel Street, Manchester, 3. It is a German Ameise appliance, and stated to be useful not only for raising heavy vehicles for gaining access to the underparts, but also tor 'parking them closely together to save ground space..
Softening Carbon STATED to soften and break up the binders in the carbon content of oil fuel and lower its ignition point, SSR 513 j5 an additive produced by the Amber Chemical Co., Ltd., lla Albemarle Street, London, W.I. Its use is claimed to prevent the formation of deposits in the
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piston-ring grooves. The cost works out to 0.13d. per gallon, say the company, who have also evolved an additive to put in fuel .storage tanks to reduce the formation of sludge in the fuel, partly
caused by reaction with oxygen in the atmosphere. This product is known as SSR 511.
Ratchet Wrenches
(PEN-ENDED adjustable_wrenches to
be marketed in this country by F. C. Daniells and Co., Ltd., 11 Wardrobe Court, 146a Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.4, incorporate a novel ratchet device which enables the wrench to be slipped back around a nut without disengagement.
This is achieved by making the adjustable flat of the spanner springloaded. Finished in dull chromium plate, the range available covers nut sizes from in. to 14 in., at prices varying from 10s. to £3 3s.
Small Extinguisher rONTATNENTG 12 oz of extinguishing
fluid, the Owish Aerosol .fire extinguisher has been introduced by Deb Chemical Proprietaries, Ltd., Belper, Derby. Depressing the discharge nozzle on the canister produces a• 6-ft, spray with a coverage 3 ft. in diameter. The . spray is a non-conductor of electricity.
Servicing Course THE book entitled "The Crypton Course in Automobile Servicing" is being reprinted by Crypton Equipment, Ltd., Bridgwater, Somerset, and new copies will sell at £1 ,5s.. Covering all aspects of servicing, the course iS essentially practical, and each of the 12 lessons is followed by a question paper.