The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-10
NEW ELECTRIC MOTOR STARTER
FOR THE LOCONfOBLE, 1913.

The Locomobile has always been a
particularly interesting car from an
electrical standpoint. Mr. Vance
shearer, the local sales manager of
the Locomobi1e Conpany's branch,
to-day, in referring to the new Loco
mobile Electric Motor Starter, said:
Possibly you have forgotten that the
original Locomobi1e gasoline car of
1902 had a gear driven electric gen
orator with automatic switch. an
rangenG2t which had all the essen
tiaIs Of the modern lighting spstern.
This early car had spark plugs de-
signed and built by our designers and
builders.
This was because we wanted to
make the LocomobiIe the Best Built
Car in America and went to the
trouble and expense of making our
own spark plugs that we could be
sure of getting the best in the world.
Probably you will recall the fact thai
for five years we went to extra eX-
pense to make our own magnetos for
: all our cars as well as all the cleo"
trica1 apparatus, simply to do every
thing we possibly could to make our
car as well as it could be made From
this you will see that our new Electric
Motor Starter is the logical outcome
of all of this electrical distinction of
the Locomobile for years. The same
men who designed and built that early
four cylinder Locomobile are the same
men responsible for it to-day, and
they are the men best qualified to de-
velop and harmonic in a car like the
LOGON obiIe the best electrical appara-
tus''
For three years Investigations and
tests have been going on at the
Bridgeport works The engineers of
the Locomobi1e Company have tested
in the complete laboratories of this
pioneer company all of the devices in
tended to do away with hand crank
ing An early conclusion of the Lo-
comobile engineers was that electric
ity was the only adequate means of
producing a motor starter that would
be 100 per cent. efficient and that
would start a big, six cylinder engine
even If it happened to stop on dead
center.
All of the parts for the Locomobile
starter are designed and made by the
LOGON obiIe Company, with the ex-
ception of the 6 volt starting motor
and the switch. The thoroughness
which is characteristic of Locomobile
methods is evident in the pains taking
with the installation of this new ap-
paratus. The countershaft of the
starting mechanism is chrome nickel
steel, hardened and ground. 1t runs On
ball bearings instead of plain bear
ings. The gears are made through
out by the LocomobiIe Company of
and are made from as expensive ma
teriaI and are as carefully made as
the transmission gears.
A new and interesting feature of
the LocomobiIe installation of the
electric motor starter is the mounting
Of the starting motor on a bronze en-
CINE base. This makes it practically
an integral part of the power plant,
and this keeps it always in alignment,
which might not be the case were it
mounted on the frame of the car. The
fact that the parts of tn e -LeeOm o bile
Electric Motor Starter ar EN- ade with
the same care as the parts of the en-
CINE and the transmission, makes IT
operate with great quietness. which
Is a very attractive feature to many
people
Commenting on the installation in
general, the LocomobiIe people state
that engineers of reputation, who have
specialized on electrical equipment for
motor cars, have stated that the cleo
-ric motor starter on the Locomobi1e
exhibits better installation than that
IN other cars.
The new plunger switch is located
under the front foorboards where it
. instantly accessi BILE. The foot
plunger or pedal, which operates the
device, is removable, so the operator
may place it in his pocket when he
caves the car standing without atten-
ion, thus preventing anyone from
meddIing with the apparatus or start
ing the car. Everyone now realizes
the Importance of the locking device,
and easy starting should be facilitated
by some such form of security.
The LoeomobiIe Electric motor