The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-04-04
POWELL COMPANY
MOVES AHEAD
Director Wakefield of the Powell
Motor Company In Red Lodge. This
Week. States Company Progressing


l.. Wakefield of Forsyth, for the
past six years director and treasurer
Of the Powell Power Company is
business visitor in Red Lodge this
week in the interests of the Powell
Company. While here Mr.. Wakefield
demonstrated model of the Powell
mechanism to mechanics and engine
ers at the local mines, who were OUT
spoken In seeing the advantage the
Powell invention.
The Powell Company's four cylinder
truck engine, according to Mr.. Wake
field has been tested by the oldest
auto school In the United States and
also by the Clay Engine Works, both
of which concerns spoke very favor
ably of 1t.
MIR. Wakefield recently attended
special meeting of the board of di-
rectors and saw copy of two royalty
contracts with companies who agreed
TO build and sell engines and pay the
company 2i-2 per cent royalty.
The prospect for the early product
! tion of the truck engines relieves the
company Of the necessity of selling
very much OF their stock n order to
! get into actual production. The
company's patents have been granted
! in 81 countries, thus protecting the
stockholders rights, according to Mr..
Wakefield, !
Following Ia n brief synopsis Of the
Q principles OF the Powell mechanism,
: which viii prove of interest to the
n local stockholders of the company. !
r Power times travel must equal the
O work done. That Ia the law Of Physi-
t Actual tssts have proven that by adj
It mitting only the same amount of air
i into the same cylinder bore (the air
d and gas being easily expanded a little
fills the Powell cylinder, which with
the extra churning, causes more
n perfect mixture then being compress.
I. cd into thesame space in each ad.
.. vantage Of Greater tass4us as well al
l. tremendous leverage. IT easily xpands
l. twice as fast and twice as far In the
same period Of tlne.
And increased piston speed means
L. .,vona~ttOv. sxnNna.oA fnw4,s -. ..,xs
: er transmitted to the crank thru the
+ Powell leverage) with out change the
Q speed Of the crank or its distance Of
travel.
Therefore by allowing the gas to
expanded along the line Of least resist
ance (that liz on the end of lever al
degrees off center) we cannot helr
. doubling the speed Of the piston thru
the Powell leverage which must exert
' double the turning force or effect or
q the crank.
T. Example boy can turn log with
Il cant hook which man cannot turr
! by hand, because the boy applys his
a force SO far off center while the mar
a. his so close.
l. Hence this formula loo pounds
m pressure on our piston delivers 1O(
" pounds pressure on the end Of th,
" lever times 10 In. equals 1000 in
pounds. which divers 200 pounds OF
IN the middle Of the lever times Ii
r. equals 1000 in. pounds on the in
B. crank stroke. whre the standard eng
Ia inc Of same bore and crank strok,
ID would deliver 100 pounds on the pis
ia ton tines 5 In. on the crank equals
a 300 In. pounds.
Only thru the Powell leverage car
Motion or Speed Of the piston be in
d, creased without increasing the Travel
n or Speed of the crank.
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