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Show MOTOR GAR HELD Oil STEEP GRADE Engine Going Dead on Mountain Side Permits Automobile to Slide Backwards. INVENTION OF OREGON MAN Sharp, Tooth-Like Points Dig Into Ground and Hold Car in Place Until Un-til Engine Can Be Started Again Danger Eliminated. Many denths have occurred in mountain moun-tain touring due to the engine going dead 'while" on a steep grade because of the driver's attempt to go up in a higher gear than he should. When the engine stops, the car slides backwards back-wards and in many cases goes over the edge of the road If the brakes are not in the best possible condition and the driver does not apply them without with-out losing his head. Built along lines very similar to the harrow used by farmers and drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, the novel brake device shown in the accompanying illustra- The Tooth-Like Points of the Harrow Brake Dig Into the Ground and Hold the Car in Place Until the Engine En-gine Can Be Started Again. tion is designed to prevent automobiles automo-biles used in mountain touring from running backwards down steep roads should anything go wrong with the regular brakes. It is the invention of George Stick-ney Stick-ney of Oregon. If consists of a harrow-like frame suspended from a crosswise shaft pivoted to the chassis frame directly back of the engine and lowerej into contact with the road by means of a system of levers controlled by a hand lever and notched quadrant quad-rant in the driver's cub. The sharp, tooth-like points of the harrow dig into in-to the ground aud hold the car in place until the engine can be started again and the clutch thrown in. They also serve to hold the car until it gets under way. This eliminates the danger dan-ger of starting under the same condition condi-tion without the device, in which case the conventional brakes must be released re-leased before the clutch is thrown In. This might allow the car to gain sufficient suffi-cient backward momentum to prevent the engine from starting and permit the car to drop oft the road If the brakes cannot hold it. Popular Science Sci-ence Monthly. i MOTORTRUCKS ON HIGHWAYS Pros-ective Operator Should Communicate Commu-nicate With Service Commission as to Restrictions. (Prepared by the United Slates Department Depart-ment of Agriculture.) The prospective motortruck operator opera-tor should communicate with the public pub-lic service commission or such other body as may have jurisdiction over the operation of trucks In his territory terri-tory and inform himself in advance as to. legal restrictions covering the operation op-eration of trucks on the highways. |