New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-05

NOVELTIES OF ALL KINDS
Spark Plugs, Mixers, Locks and
Starting Systems Will APP
pear in More Eff
cient Forms.

That marked strides have been made
,ho last season in the manufacture Of
r,otor car accessories win be evident at
,be forthcoming thirteenth National Au-
,onobile Show in Madison Square Garden
o,d Grand Central Palace. beginning on
January II. There are thousands of auto
mobile enthusiasts who can talk car for
haurs at a stretch. but the national show
will hold some decided surprises. even for
these motor fans
There will be a food Of new accessories
on the market for 1918, designed TO make
cars more efficient. more comfortable.
easier to handle and in many cases
prettier and more graceful.
Spark plugs. for instance. have long
rroyed a fertile field for the brain of the
inventor. Within the last month or so
several new types of plugs have been
olaced on the market prominent among
which is ore in which the electrodes are
made of platinum. The use of this metal
&c calculated TO eliminate the possibility
J. ~ corrosion and to minimize the chance
b Of sooting.
Another plug, in which the electrodes
y are of a less expensive metal. is devoid
the spark thus comes into more direct con-
tact with the Tive gas" Still another
has visible spark gap in its porcelain
insulation. in order that missing NAV
ba traced easily and quickly to the Of
Tending plug
As has been the case for the last few
years. quite a few new devices calculated
to increase carburetor efficiency by more
thoroughly mixing the gasolene and the
air have made their appearance. Nearly
all Of them are designed TO be placed be-
tween the carburetor and the inlet pas
sage and their insertion requires but a
few moments and no intimate knowledge
NJ the Intervals of an automobile engine.
Several Of them consist principally of fine
wire gauze AS the gas and air are sucked
through them by the engine the two IN
gradients become more thoroughly mixed.
one is in the form Of a hot water gasket.
to which the water from the cooling sys-
ten is piped. the heat helping to gasify
the mixture Another is merely couple
NJ brass vanes. so placed that they I'M
nart 10 the ingoing mixture swirling mo-
ton which assists in thoroughly mixing H.
What has been said in reference 10
spark plugs applies with almost equai
force to devices which are calculated 10
render the theft OF cars more dincuit' IL
not impossible-any number OF them nave
been placed on the market in years gone
BY and the number has been further In
creased In the last year by several note
worthy examples Of the locksmith's art
One lock. for instance. placed on tho
market only last week, is in the FORM OF
small lever designed to be attached TO
the floor board of the car When IL Is
desired to lock the car. the clutch PEDAL
IS depressed and the lever placed over It,
AS the clutch cannot be engaged until
the proper key is inserted in the lock and
the lever released, the car Is practically
safe from molestation. A more familiar
type is the one designed to lock the gear
shift levers in the neutral position: nat
urally when the gears cannot be engaged
the car cannot be run under its own
power Others which have made their
appearance since last show time embrace
one which surrounds the throttle ana
spark levers on the steering wheel. sew
eral designed TO lock the gasolene supply
valve and an equal number applied to the
ignition circuit. Any or all OF them may
be expected to perform the work for
which they are intended.
Electric lighting and engine starting
systems, Of course. constitute one OF the
really big things Of the year. They may
be had in several varieties, either with
the generator and the starting motor
combined in a single unit or with the
generator and motor separate. One OF
the very latest developments IL com
bIned lighting and starting system which
may he applied TO any car without the