Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-04-06
JAPANESE IVvEVTSA
LOT OF ATTACHMENTS
FOR THE AUTOMOBILE
One of Them Is a One Man Top
That Really Does Not Re-
quire the Full Effort Of Even
One.

Los Angeles, April 5.-Perfecting and
patenting number of splendid motor
car refinements DR.. H. T. Nakamizo,
Japanese dentist of 333 East Fourth
street, gives promise of providing the
automobile innovations of considerable
value, chief among these being a one
man top that can be operated in
number of different ways at varying
cost and in accordance with the
wishes and pocketbook of the car own
err.
To demonstrate his inventions,
which are several in number and all
completely covered by patents, Mr..
Nakamiz undertook about a year ago
to build a working model of an auto
mobile which he has completed at
cost of something like $500 and
years labor in his spare time. The
miniature machine which is about
three feet long, he made entirely him
self by hand, the only part of 1t not
his being the finish, which is Japanese
lacquer work.
A REAL oNE-MAN TOP.
DR.. Nakamizo's chief invention is a
ter-balanced one-man top which
can be operated with a minimum OF
Siloit W hothu. dhlIS IldtCll liz
can operate his miniature top either
forward or backward and one of the
beauties of this invention is the fact
that it is so nicely balanced that it
will stop at any point between front
and rear.
There are a number of different
methods of operation to suit the purse
and fancy of the owner of the car.
The first, simplest and cheapest
method of putting the top up and
down is, of course, by hand and, ow-
ing to the counter balancing, this is
very easy. For those who desire a
method a trifle easier DIR. Nakamizo
has pedal arrangement al the back
of the tonneau by means of which
very light pressure of the foot raises
and lowers the top.
For those who demand a little more
comfort and do not wish to rise from
their seats Dr. Nakamizo has a wheel
fitted in the floor of the car, a. very
slight turn OF which raises and lowers
the top. The ultimate and best re-
finement of all, and the simplest is a
press-the -button arrangement in the
dash which accamplishes the same
purpose.
. BY this latter method, which oper-
ates either by battery or by the en-
CINE power of the car, it. is possible by
the pressure of a button on the dash
beard, exactly as one switches on the
light, to throw the top backwards or
forwards and also to automat ically
stop and look it at any point between
the front and the back of the car by
the pressure of another button so that,
should you be camping and desire sun
shine in the front seat and shade in
the rear you press the button and when
the top is far enough back, press the
other button and stop it.
NoN-skID DEVICE.
DR.. Nakamizo has a whole flock of
other inventions, including a non-skid
device which is sort of a fifth wheel
With wide wearing surface which is
carried up under the body OF the car
out of sight except when on a wet
street. 1t is then automatically low
cred and runs free on the pavement
just like the front wheels but has
brake bands on the side which oper-
ate simultaneously with the rear wheel
brakes and give a much larger brak-
ing surface on the pavement
The little automobile which DR..
NakamiZo uses as q demonstration is a
wonderful little pieces of machinery
with it's fancy top and beautiful lines.
Dr. Nakamizo has patented catch on
the windshield which locks the top
without the customary twisting of
screws and he says that tho lacquer
painting of the car can be used on full
sized automobiles quite as cheaply as
the present painting system and Is
easier to take care of.