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Russellstoll Engineers Gain Patent

For Fluorescent Lamp-Locking Device

Cummins-Powered Empress

Launched By Serodino, Inc.

Providing fun and recreation is the only function of the 105-foot

Empress, now the newest, most lux- urious and modern excursion boat in the United States.

Based at Phil Foster Park's

Steamboat Landing in Riviera

Beach, Fla., the 98-gross-ton tri-lev- el vessel was built by Serodino, Inc., of Chattanooga, Tenn., and deliv- ered to its home base in late-Janu- ary of 1986.

Powered by two Cummins

NT855-M engines that generate 295 hp at at 1,950 rpm, the Empress, with a permanent crew of five, ac- commodates 550 sightseeing passen- gers and seats 340 people for lunch and dinner cruises.

Owned by Island Queen Excur- sions, Inc., the Empress, along with a companion 85-foot stern wheel riverboat, Island Queen, conducts several daily sightseeing excursions from Monday through Sunday each week, plus lunch and dinner cruises from Wednesday through Sunday.

IQE president Jim Cross said that public reaction to the new ves- sel has been "extra good." He pointed out that guests have ex- pressed appreciation for the ele- gantly carpeted inside decks and the polished brass fixtures that blend perfectly with the craft's design which resembles a turn-of-the-cen- tury Northeast United States steamboat.

Mr. Cross previously owned and operated the Dixie Belle, a stern wheel riverboat at Boonesboro,

Kty., for seven years before moving his operation to Riviera Beach.

Now at his present location for five years, Mr. Cross is currently constructing a building at the

Steamboat Landing dock that will house company offices, a gift shop and a galley facility to prepare meals for the lunch and dinner cruises.

Overseeing the large cruiseboat's construction was fleet Capt. Bill

Hippie, a 15-year veteran skipper. "I chose Cummins engines for the

Empress because past experience taught me they are easier to main- tain, more economical to operate and have a low noise level," he said.

Designed by architect Alan

Main engines . . . Cummins

Propellers . . Michigan Wheel

Steering system . . Serodino

Generators . . . . Cummins

Reduction gears . . Twin Disc

Radar Furuno

VHP radios Cybernet

Depth sounder . . . . . . Data Marine

Compass Danforth

Air horn .... Kahlenberg

Navigation and

Running lights . Perko

Fire Pump Peerless

Bates, the steel-hulled vessel, which is pushed by 40-inch, 32- pitch, four-blade Michigan Wheel propellers on three-inch shafts, was 16 months in construction.

For free literature on Cummins engines,

Circle 32 on Reader Service Card

For further information on Serod- ino, Inc., facilities and capabilities,

Circle 4 on Reader Service Card

NAVSEA Awards ITT $106.5-Million Contract

For Radar Systems

IT&T Corporation/IT&T Gilfil- lan, Van Nuys, Calif., is being awarded a $106,504,601 fixed-price incentive contract for AN/SPS-48E

Radar Systems for various U.S. ships. Work will be performed in

Van Nuys, and is expected to be completed September 1988. The

Naval Sea Systems Command is the contracting activity (N00024-86-C- 5226).

Richard Havens, Joseph

Flor, and Peter Panayoti have received a U.S. patent for a self- actuating locking assembly to pre- vent undesired rotation and fluores- cent lamp "fall-out" problems re- sulting from the vibration condi- tions typical of marine and indus- trial environments. The patent has been assigned to the Russellstoll Di- vision, Midland-Ross Corporation.

The locking assembly is attached to a conventional fluorescent tube socket and is designed to prevent the rotation and subsequent fall-out of a standard, straight-line type flu- orescent lamp even under the vibra- tion and impact conditions encoun- tered aboard ship or in industrial plants.

The invention consists of a C- shaped spring that holds two non- conductive locking members be- tween the arms of the C and at- taches to a conventional socket. The

NAVSEA Approves Greitzer

Galley Exhaust Ventilation —Free Literature Offered

Greitzer, Inc., Riverdale, N.J., re- cently announced that their Grease

Interceptor Hoods for galley cook- ing equipment exhaust ventilation have received the approval of the

Naval Sea Systems Command.

According to the manufacturer, the units feature: effective grease extraction; reliable fail-safe damper control; and automatic internal cleaning. Greitzer offers several locking members permit the pins of the fluorescent lamp to be inserted into the socket as usual, but then automatically lock the pins into po- sition. The lamp is easily removed, however, by spreading the C slightly with the fingers while rotating the lamp.

Presently included in low-profile ceiling lights intended primarily for marine or industrial use, the Rus- sellstoll locking device can be incor- porated into most existing fluores- cent fixtures. Only one end of the lamp need be locked to prevent rotation.

The self-locking assembly is ini- tially being applied to Russellstoll's

SnapLight marine and industrial fixture line on fixtures holding 4- foot lamps. Shorter lamps are not usually loosened by vibration.

For additional information on the new locking device,

Circle 33 on Reader Service Card models for a wide range of applica- tions.

Rudman & Scofield, Inc., have been named exclusive distributors of the Greitzer Grease Interceptor

Hoods. Rudman & Scofield have regional offices located throughout the U.S., and, at this time, will han- dle all inquiries concerning the ven- tilation units through their Newport

News, Va., office.

For further information and free literature on the Greitzer Grease

Interceptor Hoods,

Circle 56 on Reader Service Card

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Russellstoll s newly patented vibration-resistant locking assembly for fluorescent lamps helps prevent undesired lamp rotation and "fall-out" caused by vibration conditions of marine and industrial environments. (The mechanism is demonstrated here using a drafts- man's dividers to simulate the lamp contact pins.)

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