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Show AUTOMATIC IILATEH IIS ITSlflK ILL j Invention of Salt Lake Man Is 1 Boon to tho Owners of 1 Automobiles. ; 1 In the march of progress and the faca . of rapid development of lator day Invcn- ' I Hons, such as the "wlroless' telegraph I and telephone, aeroplanes and dirigible M balloons, ono notices with more tluui a. M little satisfaction that tho needs of every M day life are still receiving attention, and tho person whoso first voyage In tho air is but a vague possibility catalogued with "maybes" of the future, has his labors lessoned and his burdens lightened almost every day through the Industry M of the Inventor. W Tho latest Is an automatic device for m Inflating automobile tires. Through tho courtesy of tho Bertram Motor Supply w company, 251 South Stato street, the 1 writer has obtained the dotalla of tho first fl automatic tiro lnflator to he aeon in Salt U Lako. At tho curbstone stands an Inno- mi cent looking post. A small door near the mi ravel of the walk gives accc to the air mm lines, a small rubber hoso and tho un- ffj Initiated wonders how ho can get tlm jjf tire close enough to use such a short mVl hose. Take hold of It, however, and to TBI your surprise an Indefinite length of hose, W which will rcah tho outermost wheel ot !R a big touring car appears. Hold tho hoso ij end against the tire valvo a few seconds H and tho tJre ntands full and round, with all the life of one hundred pounds or ! more of compressed pure air. Let go tho j hose and it disappears Instantly Into tn ', mysterious post. The post Is hollow and ,. tho hoso reachos down through tho walk !j Into tho basement, whero a oystcm of pulleys and weights lot out or take back j the flexible tube. Tho Instant that tho pressure drops below a predetermined y point an electric motofc with seeming hu- " man intelligence, operates an air pump and restores to the receiving nnd storage tank the air gratuitously furnished. As soon as tho tank gauge registers 113 pounds an automatic switch shuts of f tho current, and the motor stops, buc fl starts again by the samo automatic 8 switch tho moment enough air has been f used to reduco the storago pressure to I 110 pounds. t The Inventor and builder of this new J automatic inflatcr Is I. A. Vidy. who Is connected with tho Bertram Motor Sup- j ply company and has bcon working quietly qui-etly for several months on this Improve- I menu which ho has donated to the j public. I |