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REVO

REVO
The REVO Electric Co. Ltd.
Tipton
Staffs
England


REVO's stand at the 1958 Brussels Exhibition


REVO's stand at the 1958 APLE Exhibition


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The firm exhibited a small selection of their Street Lighting Fittings, several types of brackets, sample street lighting standards and a REVO Traffic Signal at the Blackpool 1932 exhibition.


They exhibited a range of lanterns for sodium vapour and mercury vapour discharge lamps at the APLE's 1936 Conference in Cheltenham. The Hoodalite, Magnalite and Progress lanterns were all shown. - Public Lighting #3, 1936


In 1937, they are exhibiting the C9224 silvered mirror fittings for the 150W SO/H lamp and the C9018 lantern for 400W MA/V lamps. The C9018 comprises a copper frame with copper canopy and cast-iron dome, using lenticular and prismatic glass panels. These in conjunction with stainless steel internal reflectors give directive control of light - APLE Conference Programme 1937


The exhibits in the 1938 conference comprise the latest examples of fittings for use with Sodium and Mercury Vapour Lamps, particularly the horizontal burning types. The firm notes that rapid developments have taken place in recent months, and the new fittings use silver mirrored and prismatic and lenticular glass panels which give exceptional results. - APLE Conference Programme 1938


REVO exhibited and described the C10737 (sodium) and C10766 (mercury) lanterns during this conference. Both lanterns also featured in their adverts. - APLE Conference Programme 1939


The firm report that developments were curtailed during the war but new designs were currently being designed. One interesting exhibit was a lantern using low pressure sodium and gas filled tungsten lamps, designed to overcome the objections by some lighting engineers to the colour of low pressure sodium. The combination of lamps was so disposed that the maximum correcting effect was directed across the roadway where it was of most advantage and detracts least from the remarkable definition obtained from mono-chromatic Sodium light. - APLE Conference Programme 1945


The firm now has an extensive range of units for use with Sodium and Mercury discharge lamps, as well as ordinary Tungsten filament lamps. There are three distinct methods of light control which form the basis of the design of most of the units on show, namely, the cut-off, the semi cut-off and the non cut-off. Fittings shown were the C 9777, C 10735, C 10766 and C 10392. Also shown are a prototype unit for street lighting using twin 80W fluorescent lamps and a lantern combining high efficiency in sodium light distribution with a certain amount of colour correction laterally for shopping centres. - APLE Conference Programme 1946



Installation of REVO Sol-Etern lanterns along Coronation Walk for the 1947 Southport Conference.


Are displaying an installation of the new REVO Sol-etern lanterns which are the first specially produced for use with only two 80 watt 5-ft. fluorescent lamps. - APLE Conference Programme 1947


The firm are exhibiting the latest range of mercury and sodium vapour discharge lamps, as will as tungsten filament lamps. Special mention is given to the Sol-etern and the Blendalite. Various types of standards are on display including the REVO Phidias and Myron pre-cast reinforced concrete columns which have been passed by The Royal Art Commission. - APLE Conference Programme 1948


Five lanterns have been chosen for display from the wide range of fittings. They are the latest design for use with mercury vapour, sodium vapour, tubular fluorescent and tungsten filament lamps. They are the C.12628, the C.12738/9, the Sol-Etern, the C.10392 and the C.12421. Artifical stone and steel lamp standards and brackets of various designs, all of which have been passed by the Royal Fine Art Commission, are on show including the Phidias, Myron, Valiant and Vanguard. - APLE Conference Programme 1949




References:
APLE Exhibition Catalogue Blackpool 1932
APLE Conference Programme Folkestone 1937
APLE Conference Programme Bournemouth 1938
APLE Conference Programme Glasgow 1939
APLE Conference Programme Glasgow 1945
APLE Conference Programme London 1946
APLE Conference Programme Southport 1947
APLE Conference Programme Eastbourne 1948
APLE Conference Programme Llandudno 1949


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