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438 ILLUSTRATED WORLD
KEEPS AUTO SPRINGS
LUBRICATED
A N inexpensive device now being marketed
keeps the spaces between the
leaves of the ordinary automobile body
spring thoroughly lubricated, and requires
no attention from one end of the
season to the other. This steady lubrication
eliminates squeaking due to dry
plates, keeps out rust, and reduces materially
the wear and vibration due to
faulty spring action, and also retards materially
the tendency of the springs to
crystallize.
The device consists of a metal oil container
which is held flat against the side
of a spring by means of adjustable bolts
across the top. Between this container
and the spring itself is a felt pad, which
is kept saturated by the container and
which, by contact with the springs, feeds
oil between the leaves. The flow is very
A Diagram of the Automobile Spring Lubricators
Attached
slight, and the motion of the spring itself
works the oil uniformly throughout the
spaces between the leaves.
PAPER HAS ANOTHER USE
IT seems quite sad that just when we
have begun to get the greatest use out
of paper in the greatest number of ways.
it should take such a jump in price.
For it has found a new use in the garage.
If the car is to be stored for any length
of time it always should be covered. This
cover should be made of paper. The new
style cover is made of imported paper,
strongly reinforced. The car is protected
not only from dust and dirt, but the
paper also efficiently shields it from
dampness and sudden changes in temperature,
and preserves the finish. It is
also claimed that the life of the tires is
lengthened by the exclusion of light.
The Disc Wheel
Instead of wire or wooden spokes some of the new cars are
equipped with wheels that have solid metal centers.
NEW TYPE OF WHEEL
THERE is a new kind of wheel on the
market for the up-to-date, more expensive
cars. It is still round, to be sure,
and still keeps its pneumatic tires, but it
is made of pressed steel and is a single
disc. The rim is clamped to the edge
of the disc, and this enables the disc to
be made very thin at this point, as there
is no definite strain set up as would be
the case if the disc were bent, or turned
parallel to the base of the rim. This, in
conjunction with the particular method
of dishing the disc at a point intermediate
to the hub, and flange, and rim, gives
the wheel its lively action, and also freedom
from local strain.
DIGS YOUR CAR OUT OF
THE MUD
1V/IOST drivers of cars, either pleasure
or commercial, are confronted
sooner or later with the problem of getting
their car out of mud or a ditch.
Skidding of the car or turning out of a
narrow road for another vehicle to pass
may bring about the situation where the
driver's ingenuity will be taxed to get
his car back on the road without in some
way straining the mechanism or damaging
the car.
A device, recently on the market, will