Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-11-15
BLOWOUT" DUE
TO FEW SIMPLE
CAUSES OFTEN
Under-Inflation Gets the Auto
mobile Tire Into a Condition
Which Makes 1t Very Sus-
oeptible to This Trouble.


"No doubt every motorist has hnd
tho oXpcf ipncc Of the so-callcd blow
out This experience affects an in
the sumo way" says n. A. Hender-
son, manager adluatins department
Of hs tlro company Although a
hioW-out can often help be repaired,
tho motoflst cannot help proiorring
mover 90 have had i LIS tho first
place.
"Today. tho importance Of tho au-
tomobnc tire Industry has fostorcd
an Improvement 90 the tire ns now
manufactured To- the point that the
m0torlst who cares. by O few simple
precautions. can protect himself from
the hlow-ogt
"a blow out D. due TO one OF few
simple Caum,s which 10 given tho nee
essary attention can be avoided ons-
u.s. 10 prevent the blow -uut we
seek tho cause and eliminate a. Ac-
coraingly we Will show and explain
briefly tho different causes of blow
outs
"Thc amount Of air in a tire is Just
na important ar tho tito that contains
H. Improper infntlon renders q tire
susceptible 20 hiow-outs, just us
proper initiation prevents ,hia annoy
nnco This iH tho reason.
"'rho body of the tire Dr. of fabric;
several phos are used and the mnss
after bciug thoroughly imprcgnated
with rubber la yulcanized into an in
tcsfni Wholc--thu -tiro. over tho body
H layer OF ruhhpr-thC tread.
"Whai happens WHOM round
stone, brick, car track or any
blum object is encountered ~ The
tire b. improperly inflated tho intcr~
nal air pressure not offering suffi-
Ciont resistance. the object viii sink
into tho tire, forcing it inward az thls
one place. The tread comes into
actual contact but lts elasticity al
lows 10 to adapt .ts shape 800 that it
usually suffers NO injury, unless the
object bc sharp and cuts IT, Sat the
effect GA the fabric is more serious.
q isut elastic. it emit stretch con-
aoducntiy DO the object sluks in iar
enough TO produce enough strain, b
must break
Naturally that ply of fabric re-
ceiting the greatest strain is the IN
side one. for It undcrgucs the great
ost distortion. and for This reason ID is
the first 60 break seldom indeed D.
amy shock violent enough 20 orcal,
every ply of ubre aud cause an iri
mediate blowout Most always rs Boz
only thr inside ply that ia fractured
at The Time AS this isn't apparent
the tire usually continues Co give
service Bot the broken odgcs of tho
inside fabric ch8fc the other plies
Tho natural bending of the the final
ly hrouks the remaining plies ana
then the tube forces itH way through.
resulting Doe blowout.
"ThIs Is the first warming the mo-
turirt receives that something D.
Wrons Hp didn't know the fabric
Wus hrot,n snmc time before a.
secs nothing hut the immediate con
diuuns. and doesn't realize that Dis
misfortune is something hc could
have prevented DC nc had only known
how.
"Thc reason the inside ply Of fah
rio broke lon the Dfst place was the
result Of improper air pressure. Thu
permitted the object on tho road sur
lace Go sink .n and stretch the fab.
rte az one place Co tho nrcoklns point
Had tho pressure been of thn proper
amount % would not have been pos.
siilc for The object 90 have mad,
such an impression. The internal ala
pressure would have offered the
proper resistance, and tho shock n.
stead of being localized would have
been distributed an over the tire. and
go ahsorhcd without INJURY.
'llonco tho remedy: Use tho OH
gauge, ana carry the proper air pres
sure 90 pounds for every inch o
width
Again. tho tread may receive
cut Various forcign substances from
the road surface are forced through
the cut hy the motion of the tire. Al
% result these impurities have q
tendency to spread. separating th'
tread and fabric This upcnlug o'
the troad lays tho fabric bare 90
road wear and tho action ot sane
ana moisture Tho latter rapids
rots tho fabric, weakening ii until IN,
pressure can no longer bc sustained
and then the same aforesaid utalit.
occurs
"Fot This The remedy is repair gum
Cuts repaired in time will grow nc
worse. and so these consequences are
avoided.
In conclusion there are two nm
portaut oauscs OF blow-outs-- under
initiation which results in the break
ing eff the piles of fabric, and neg
lcctcd trrtI cuts Avoiding those hl
means ot q pressure gauge md caI
ot repair gum, 90, motorist viii Do
able Co avoid the trouble to whici