Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-24
Matter That Means a Great Saw
ing in the Expense of OPP
Grating Machine.
NEW DEVICE PUT ON MARKET
Exhibited at Recent Automobile Show
in Chicago, 1t Met With the In
slant Appreciation of Those
Who Should Know Its
Value.


more than the old saying that "a stitch
in time saves nine" it is particularly
applicable in the matter Of tire repair
and tire care, for tires are more
abused and more neglected than any
part of a car. The motorist may not
permit himself to believe that he is
careless and that the high cost Of mo-
toring comes to a large extent from
inattention to the necessity Of first
aid to the injured tire.
Macadam roads are apt to have
many loose and sharp-edged stones
apparently placed where they will do
the most damage possible to a tire
tread They will not cause puncture
or blowout, and they are not apt to
cause a letdown, but they will cause
little and big cuts in the tread. Such
little cuts do not cause the loss OF
air. but they make it possible and prob
able that the fabric will be exposed,
and when the tire is submerged in a
pool of water the damage has COM
menced.
In the first place, the water will
gradually loosen the fabric, it will
separate the tread from the fabric,
and will permit SAND blisters-the dirt
will gradually creep under the tread
and expose more Of the fabric to the
moisture-with the result that in a
short time the inner layers of fabric
separate and permit a blowout. And
a tire that has been permitted to go
until this happens is practically
worthless. 49,: '-s'"~s@'"
Heretofore it has been a simple mat
ter to make a good job of repairing a
punctured tube, for this does not come
in contact with water, but there have
not been convenient repair schemes
for taking care of a cut casing. One
was exhibited at the Chicago automo-
bile show, however, which can be OPP
Grated from the current of storage
battery or from the electric light cir
cult in the garage. 1t was small af-
fair. in fact, could be carried in a
pocket, and was designed to be used
for vulcanizing either tubes or castings,
and requiring only few moments to
do permanent job. This is the inven-
ton of a Chicago man, well known in
motoring circles.
A cut in a casing, for instance, is
cIea2ed with gasoline, rubber is placed
in the ctit, and the vulcanizer attached
il 4 manner similar to that in the IL
Iustration. Thea the current from
the storage battery is turned on and
the lob is finished, except short
wait while the vulcanining is going on.
In the meantime the motorist prepares
another cut, if there is one, and by
the time this is ready the first one IS
ready to release the little instrument.
The most ingenious wrench ever
brought to the attention of motorist
has Just been brought out by an Hi
nois man. The mechanic who tries IL
will find nothing it will not do for an
inanimate thing, for it adjusts itself
and tightens itself in a most peculiar
manner. and will take either a large
or small nut, with no danger OF
rounding the corners of the nut. One
mechanic figured that with several
such wrenches in his shop he could
easily save from 10 to Is per cent or
the time usually put on a car by a
workman, but he did not state wheth-
er the owner would be given the bene-
fit of this saving. Ordinarily motor
ist carries from three to a dozen
wrenches in his tool kit, whereas this
one could easily replace at least hall
q dozen of the set.