Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-11-12 | Page 33 | Tireoid Prevents Puncture Trouble

Tireoid Prevents Puncture Trouble Ljrii - . . f i rOlfi rJL ( 4 , , , f& JS in I Tireoid, a mineral substance, which, it is claimed, positively eliminates puncture punc-ture possibilities in automobile tires, was impressively demonstrated yesterday afternoon when a heavy machine was run over boards and a horseshoe containing con-taining four largo nails, which pierced-the pierced-the tire to a depth of four inches. When the nails were, withdrawn the holes were immediately sealed hy the substance, with the loss of only five, pounds of pressure. pres-sure. Tho demonstration, which was witnessed wit-nessed by many local automobile men and tire distributors, was given by A. L. Stodder of the contract sales department depart-ment of the Tireoid company of Chicago, Chi-cago, and a local dealer, who has contracted con-tracted for the Salt Lake agency and sales of Tireoid. The substance was injected into the tire a few minutes before the demonstration demon-stration took place. Three heavy nails were driven through boards and a horseshoe horse-shoe containing a sharp nail was laid on the pavement. The heavy machine then ran over them and every nail pierced the tire to its head. Except for a short hiss as each nail was pulled out. no air escaped. The substance sub-stance sealed the casing as "well as the tube, in a fraction of 'A second, with tht loss of nt1ly five pounds of pressure, , when all tour Mails were withdrawn. Tho test was considered remarkable by the witnesses. A demonstration of the substance will be given by Mr. Stodder and Mr. Roberts Rob-erts tomorrow ,at, 12:30 o'clock on Automobile Au-tomobile row.