Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-17
THIS CINCHES
THE JOY RIDERS
BETTER NOT TAKE BOSS CAR
WITH REGISTER ON
TelItale instrument Nails Joy Riding
Chauffeur and Registers Each
Minute Car Is Operated
and Maintained

Great for owners if true. An auto
mobile registering instrument which
is almost human in intelligence and
more than human in accuracy has re-
Gently made its appearance in Paris
under the title of 20. S." says the
New York Herald's European edition.
One Of the first of the instruments
was fitted to the Renault touring
automobile belonging to Mr.. Cort-
landt Field Bishop; another one, the
makers declare, was supplied to the
czar of Russia.
THE instrument, which has much
the appearance of speedometer ana
clock combined, established a perma
nent record of the movements OF the
machine. Put into operation at the
beginning of the day it will indicate
the hour the automobile. left its gar
age. the hour and the length Of every
stop. the speed of the machine at
every minute, the average speed Tor
either the whole or a portion OF the
run. to what extent the brakes have
been used and. finally, the time When
the run comes to an end. All these
indications are printed on narrow
band of paper, thus forming a perrna-
nent record the accuracy of which can
not be doubted.
"The %. S. register is a brass
box screwed to the dashboard. On its
upper surface is a speed Indicator
showing all speeds up to 100 kilo-
meters an hour. On the front is a
clock dial and two distance counters,
one showing the total number of
lSilometers covered and the cher the
distance of the trip.
"Within the indicator is a band or
blue paper a little more than an inch
wide, which unrolls under stencil
by means of a clockwork mechanism.
The band bears horizontal and Verti-
cal lines. the former being graduated
to represent speeds from 10 to 100
kilometers an hour, in fractions OF
ten kilometers, and the latter being
marked off for minutes, five minutes.
fifteen minutes and hours. When the
automobile is at rest the band is un-
rolled from one vertical spindle to
another, at the rate of one vertical
space a minute. AS soon as the auto
mobile is put into motion the stencil
begins to trace line on the moving
band, and 1t continues to trace until
the vehicle comes to a stop.
"At~the end of a trial run by fast
touring machine the band read as
follows: Automobile taken out at
1926: at 12:37. speed of fifty kilo-
meters an hour; at 12:3S. machine
stopped: started again at 12:39; speed
Immediately increased to forty kilo-
meters an hour, dropped to thirty,
then increased three minutes later to
eighty kilometers an hour; at 12:45
stop of half minute; increase of
speed to ninety klometers an hour
and stop of half a minute at 12:59.
Starting again at 1 o'clock. the speed
four minutes later had reached ninety
kilOmeters an hour: various speeds,
never falling below fifty kilometers an
hour. until 1:20: at 1:21 machine re-
duces speed from sixty to less than
ten kilometers an hour in quarter OF
a minute, showing that the brakes
have been used with force. Thus the
story continues
"The registering instrument requires
practically no attention. The bands of
paper are supplied for twelve, eighteen
or twenty-four hours duration They
are easily placed within the apparatus,
the clock is wound up, the door of the
apparatus is locked and the owner OF
the machine has the assurance that he
will have at the end of the day COM
plete and permanent record. The IN
strument is valuable as n telltale of
the manner in which the chauffeur
drives in the absence of the owner
for it shows not only the speed at
tained but the manner in which the
brakes are used. In view of the llte ol
the tires this is a most valuable in
dication. From a sporting standpoint
it is interesting to be able to preserve
on little roll of paper no larger thar
the thumb a record of each days run
For commercial vehicles, where it IL
desired to control the speed ano
movements of the machine with con-
siderable accuracy, in order to obtain
economical results, the automobll(
register should prove invaluable