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Show I! SALT LUKE MAN PflTENTSTIRES Would .Replace Rubber With Puncture-Proof Cork Sections Sec-tions for Automobiles. ' COMPANY IS FORMED TO EXPLOIT INVENTION 1 L Discovery Is to Revolutionize Motor Car Travel, According to the Incorporators. I After careful Investigation of the merits of the puncturo-proot tiro for use on automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles and other vehicles, some business men of Salt Lake City liavo organized a company known as tho Armstrong Puncture Proof Tiro company. This company has rc-t rc-t ccntly filed articles of Incorporation and Is capitalized at ?100,000, in shares of ?1 each. The features of this Invention, which was made by Charles D. Armstrong or Suit lake City, arc tires mado of sections of cork, or Ilko material, having Hat. contiguous faces and provided with fa-J fa-J brio members between the flat faces of 1 tho cork sections. Tho general npponr- j mice of this tiro Is not different from J those commonly used on automobiles, motorcycles and tho like, and the great 1 difference is in the elimination of rubber I and consequent lessoning of expense for l tires. The tiro Is strong and flexible and i embraces all the advantages of the or- ' dinary pneumatic tire, with no danger or being hindered or Impaired by punctures. Tim promoters maintain that It will rc-; rc-; sist severe strains and impact, when run ning over rough, stony or otnor roads, without danger of puncture or other ; damage. Tho only rubber used will be In 1 the facing of the outer tiro and. It has been demonstrated that the weight of this tiro Is less than that of the ordinary nnntimntli? tin I No Blow-Outs. It Is impossible for the new tiro to , blow out from expansion contraction or otherwise. The contiguous races .of tho annular sections arc flat, so that relatively rela-tively large bearing faces arc produced, and the strains thereby distributed over correspondingly largo areas, so that the Impact and pressure incident to the operations op-erations of the tire arc correspondingly distributed and prevented from being imparted im-parted to small or confined arca3 of the lire. It Is thought that the new tire will be as serviceable and as flexible as tho ordinary pneumatic tire, and that It tan be manufactured at about one-fourth the cost of the rubber one. ' Mr. Armstrong has had his Invention t patented In the United Stares and has patents pending in foreign countries. The exact details of tho patent will be carefully care-fully guarded until these latter have been ' secured. Sure of Invention, -i Hcfore making this invention Mr. Arm- (j ' strong has done other work or this kind. ; Ho patented a dancing doll which Is somewhat of a novelty in that the toy can bo made to dance for a few minutes or for twenty-four hours at a single winding. It Is Interesting to note that i when the Idea of the puncture proof ; tire first occurred to him he had been working for about three years on a patent pat-ent spring wheel. As the new tire occurred oc-curred to him' ho destroyed the object of three years of work and study ana has since bc.cn spending his timo on tills , Improvement for rubber tired vehicles. ; He Is now confident that he has secured a lire that will withstand trie ravages of glass, nails and sharp stones, and, Ir the plans of the recently formed com- j I pany do not miscarry, the invention will i soon be placed on the maret. The officers of the new company arc: 1 I President, Duncan M. McAllister; vice president, D. W. McAllister; secretary-, secretary-, I treasurer. "Willard Hamer; additional dl- : i rectors. Charles D. Armstrong and Ver- : I mont Hatch. |