Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-01-28 | Page 32 | Graphite Wonderful to Preserve Rubber

GRAPHITE WONBEflFuT TO PRESERVE RUBBER Vulcanized in Savage Inner Tubes, Surprising Results Are Obtained From It. Two i i nor tulo, our? of thrm with tfrnphite vuh'iinizp.l into it.n ."url'acp in the regular .iy n n 1 t'nc. otln-r without KrApliite fouling, wr-rf n-'-orirly Miiij.-'-t-f(i to a sev.-n- t.-t :it. tlici S.-u:if tin? plant at San Itn-KD, f'ul. Hoth tulms werfl exposi"! i I l,y tih', umler rxart-ly rxart-ly th nunn .'in. I i t inns, to th sun ami ivcutlicr for il period of thirty rlays. At the onrl of tin! ti-."t. thn tubs with the (jraphito ' routing hhrnvod little sii;ri of deterioration; too other was practically destroyed. The graphite coated tube showed few checks and was just as elastie as it ever was; the one not Ki-Hphited had lost all of its hie and elasticity. It. would not hold air at nil, and was filled with ersic'ts. In fact, it. was jint in the condition that any piece of rnhlier exposed for thirty days inipht be expected to be in. This test is striking proof of thn claims that are made for Savage Graf-inite Graf-inite tiibes. The Savage tube is covered cov-ered with graphite which is vnlcnnixed into its surface. It is, therefore, practically prac-tically light and weatherproof, and because be-cause of the protection nf the graphite will deteriorate less from these causes than any other inner tube manufactured. The graphite coating on the Savage tube also prevents sticking and friction and eliminates the necessity for soap-stone soap-stone or any other tire powder. The .Savage people claim that their process is the biggest advance in tube making in years. The excellent servieo that the Savage Grafinite tubes are giving to motorists seems to bear out fheir elaims.