Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-12-02 | Page 6 | Salt Lake Man Invents Spark Plug That is Four-in-One

SALT SALT LAKE MAN INVENTS SPARK SPARKPLUG SPARKPLUG PLUG THAT IS FOUR FOUR IN ONE Company Incorporated f for r to Market New I II Contrivance Over Nation I i I What Henr Henry lenny Ford is to the automobile i worl world J. J E. E I a pioneer mining I I man of Salt Lake may be to the world of automobile accessories E Edmunds after years Vears of study and experiment has brought plans to a successful completion whereby he will put on the a anew anew anew I new spark plug which he has invented and which he believes beeves will be he required by ly millions of m within the next year or two I One Four is the name given to I the new spark sparl plug and an incorporation i under that name has already been formed j i in the sum of OO Papers will be i T 1 filed lle 10 E. J. J tEr tomorrow Edmunds r S. S I F. F Time The t. t L. L Ini incorporators Main y at Thomas r o are I I ern James J. J and I F. F D. D I Brown Offices of the corporation are areat areat II at room Continental bank building Advantages claimed for the in Four-in- One spark plug are many but a few I are All insulating material is entirely Incased incased in- in cased in the metal parts of the plug j Imal making ng it impossible for the fragile porcelain i lain to break I The electrodes are bent at right angles angles an an- I making malting it impossible to separate I I them from the fire points when con connected connected to the battery or magneto wires con I There are four positive electrodes ti to each spark plug making malting this plug the thi equal of four ordinary ones for continuous I IOu ous service 1 I The Inventor is not like the ordinary I discoverer of something new in the mechanical mechanical meI me me- line in that he ho likes to talk tall I about his invention and he uses simple I terms to describe it avoiding the technical technical cal eat verbosities likely to confuse the Jayman lar- lar lay Jay man Using a One in spark plug says Mr Edmunds you yom can connect conned your battery wire on one side to one electrode and your m magneto wire on th the theother theother other to a second electrode This This- eliminates f nates the use of one more spark plug o of ot I the ordinary kind and you still have two S I independent electrodes for future use I The wires are connected to the olec I with a small clamp avoiding the thi I necessity of a wrench for tightening am amin as i in other makes of spark plugs While the inventor himself refuses refuses- to tc S employ technical verbiage In describing his Invention to the general public here here- I kylI is how he Introduced t id the si subject in ap applying plying f for a patent from the g govern govern- government e 1 ment Aly ty My invention r relates lates to internal comI combustion combustion com com- bustion engines and has for Its object to tc I provide a spark sparl plug with a plurality ol of r electrodes rigidly incased within an insulating insulating in in- in member that Is housed by a metallic casing holding adjustable firing pins to form the gaps A further object l is provide an insulating la member carrying car car- I IQ a plurality f of el electrodes i tr housed 0 d I within a metallic casing carrying a plurality I allty of firing pins and sealed against leakage of gas I IThen Then follows a complete and lucid description de description de- de of every part of the spark plug some of the advantages of which have i already been mentioned heretofore by the thi i inventor F. F L. L Main has been elected president and general manager of the corporation which will at once begin an active stock selling campaign not only in Salt Lake I but in Indianapolis Chicago Memphis Se Seattle New Orleans and other PoInts Thomas l ern and J. J J. J will ivil I I have charge of the stock sales for the I intermountain country They will have hav t I offices in room Con Continental tin bank bant building and will have a large demonstration I I tion room on Main street Other officers r o of oh the h company besides I Ivice pr President rJ n Main r are r Francis r D. D t Brown vice president J. J E. E Edmunds secretary and treasurer Thomas assistant assistant assistant assist assist- ant secretary and James J. J Mull ern di di- di I rector