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Show SE PNEUMATIC TIBES i 'radical Application of New Idea Successfully Solves Big Problem. irestone Demountable Rim Is Easily Handled on Heaviest Vehicles. Ingenuity has triumphed again in the atoinobile world. Th.s time it is not ie comfortable pleasure car, nut the :X::: ulkv, hard-laboring' truck, that takes mo' itself the benefit of a simple, but v::::-; idea. For several months now men in the uckiny world who desire more speed more protection for their goods have anted to let pneumatic cord tires the ::' ants that appeared a short time ago oulder the burdens now carried by hug 'lids. :Xv:v. But the operators objected. They pic-ired pic-ired themselves sweating under an al-;v:;:::: al-;v:;:::: ost impossible task every time there was bluw-out or other necessity for chang-:Xv chang-:Xv tires on the road. And they didn't S ie the picture. roblem Was Serious. The larger sized pneumatics one of hlch will measure forty-four inches in ameter, with a thickness of ten inches are so heavy that they have been con-dered con-dered beyond the capacity of one man - handle when the ordinary type of ::Xv. heel is used, since it Is necessary to de-vx:;.' de-vx:;.' .eh the tire from the rim. The change :::'vx so requires the strenuous job of inflat- ig the new tire. :vx;, Thus the general adoption of the giant XxX-: neumatic for rapid hauling has been ;Xv:::': impered, while man turned his inven-'yy'y. inven-'yy'y. ve faculties toward the idea of simplify-:,::::X;x: simplify-:,::::X;x: g the operation. Xvx:: The idea came. It was developed. And ;.:':Xv 3w, a'--cording to announcement made ::v:::;: st week at Akron, the world s tire mak-::X;X; mak-::X;X; g renter, the stamp of utility and prac-X:::;X, prac-X:::;X, cability lias been put on it by six of X;vx; ie biggest steel wheel manufacturers of xX.X; ie United States, who have started to 'XxXv ake deliveries of wheels embodying the xXv: cu. A dozen other firms will likewise :X;x: iopt the idea, it was said. :X:x; The announcement was made by H. S. iyxx: restone, president of the Firestone Tire Rubber companj'. Mr. Firestone is yxxx so president of the Firestone Steel ;:;X;X::: "oducts company, in whose experimental ops the jdea was developed. As it in-x::;::::::;: in-x::;::::::;: lives the manufacture of a new wheel Xvxx isign and the Firestone companies are y':-;X::; it wheel manufacturers, it was passed ;XX;X:X . to the wheel producers. ini Is Demaun table. yy$y Mr. Firestone is directly interested in ::x::X;:: e success of the wheel design because avXX makes it possible for the wheel makers xXX;- construct their standard wheels so :j:y:::X t to accommodate the Firestone de-xxxx: de-xxxx: suntable rim, which was itself the first ;X:':X;. ctical quick-detachable demountable :;::::::Xy n- ::::::;:xx "This is the most important develop-lyX.yX develop-lyX.yX ant in connection with giant pneumatic ey fr trucks since the large tires them-XyzX them-XyzX i v c s wore introduced," said Mr. F i r e -;:;:-:xx: ?no in making the announcement. "It XvXX of particular importance at this time i e n the e h i p -b y -1 r u e k movement is ;:;::X:X- iking such headway, in view of .the fact vXy'xi at long distance operators realize the fportance of the pneumatic tire fn their :::;:::::X; siness and will welcome a wheel de-x:jxv de-x:jxv jn that will increase its potential serv- v:?:;: "With this wheel design and one of yyyXx r demountable rims it is possible for Xxjxv: )o man to remove the largest tire and xvyXjiply an Inflated spare tire In less than ;XxX;: jii minutes. The inexperienced man can ::'x:x:x 1L as can a woman too, for that mat-x:'x::::;:: mat-x:'x::::;:: T. xXx:Jx; I' ' We have equipped our ship-by-tmck QM-wt with the new wheels. A short time XxXX:;:fo whilo they were at Macon, Gfu, the :;Xx::::v: anager staged a tire changing contest, yXyXv: rticipate! in by six young womn mem-:;::xxx mem-:;::xxx th of the Red Cross motor corps, of X;X::; !at city. Thev found it easy to make XyXXv; e changes. The- winning' team did it yXyXx; less than five minutes." |