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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1926)
Iflitf ittAMATB NEWS Si mftn v Pff'nf'f mbor 1 2 1 926 VALV&MOTOR v OF KNIGHT IS IN BIG FAVOR European Tendency in Modern Car Design Stresses' Small Dimension and Increased Power Development. - . "With Ihn rucKiit iiallntloii (it llm KurouoAii lonilpiiry In luinlnrn innlnr enr ilnnliiu, stroasltix iiiuIIit uiolnr lltnvanolin. nd liu-rosaed power iln vrlopinimt,.hM com a desire on the part of ths moiorlMit public to know what .rnally la alirsrt," an) a Charles Y. KnlKht, ana ol Hie Irncllna In veiitlva ruRlurcra In that motor w Industry, and creator of I ho KiiIkIiI sleeva valve motor. "Thorn It luurh In Kuroprsn do. alsn which ran follow In t h la country. Iloili Amerlra and Kiironi are shaping their plana lo reduce the complication present n cjlrj nia. Jorlty of motor as they ore bu IK today. "Scientific aludy has, aliown many plarca whoro lha reduction of parts could iiaally be msdo, provided 'the attitude of the eiiglncvr toward div ing up old prarlkr and Idea I'. right and fleillilo. t "Kower parta mrans h-as m-coHy (or sdjiiilmeiits. Ion lf-. m.io .tit er operation and grrater mil offl- cloncy. Every uiineceaaary purt. or! every part which could bo eliminate ed through a ehsnse In duaian. la a dsntptner on tho real nistlmum In I niechaulcal ability aird enojlcnco. I "Old lubrication systems' required! Individual sight feeda for each p.irl ' covered by the oiling System.' Old: Itinera In the bualuca run remem-. Per a duieii Ik lit feed rupa on Hie; daah. Now a atiiKla oil gauge ti-lln the atory. "t'yllndere east singly have given way to the mono-block niolor with a groat Inrreaae In general snlls factlon. "Today. "one real question la that of valves. The. valvaajipf the rmi trola pn the srlerles ojn veins of the motor. One opena up tho wny for the paaange of tho frr-ah giutes to give power to the engluo. the oilier , opens up tho way for I lie elimination of llm dead gains to msko way for a new uml fresh load. Tho aim pier Ihn operation of the valves can be made, the greater the allelic aud efficiency of the power plant. "The goal of every englneor la to eliminate valve noises, valve adjust raenta, and lo overcome auy natural tendencies In vslvo construction to hamper the operation of tho motor at auy speed. "The original rtevolopiuiul of the Knight sloeve vulvo niolor iVumaas the result qf a1 careful uluily .of vslve operation. The purpose of tho motor was to eliminate valve clat ter, to reduco valve merhanlam and! to Inoreaaa the efficiency and life of the motor. "The principle of Iwo sleeves, op erating luaide tho cylinder walls, lo control the Inlet and outgo of the 'Many Stolen Aulos Recovered I More I him 10,0011 atoleu cars huvv been recovered by I ho I'lllli'd Hlllles d( pnrinieiit of Juki lea since the pus- iuikii of the Dyer uct of mill, ac corilllig In Hi" theft bureau of the California Hlulo Automobile aaal clHllon. A drive In break up Inter state iiuloinobllii thievery bus re cently been Inalltuted by Attorney Ocueiiil Hnrgeut. Curs recovered In Die sis years were vulueil at fll.H46.b3n. Heultln, Wash,, topped tho list uf recoveries, with 022 All-Steel Body , Proving Booh to Best Made' Cars Ed Dunham, Local Dealer for the Studebaker, Says This Applies Particularly to En closed Can. "Much attention lias been given by automobile ninuiifurturiirs re cently In Ilia ruiislrurtlun of bodies, snd particularly tha clnsyd car type of body, with a trend Inward the all at eel body, in an effort to mlnlinlsa i the 'duiiKcr' spot by narrowing Long prison sentences liavo b-en '""" upright supports to In- Inipoeed upon ninny of ihn thieves, crease visibility -and at tho same time relnla iho strength and surety which 'has characterized tho merit of the well constructed woud body." states Kd Imuhain, local Btudebaker distributor. , "Hleel construction has permitted tho narrowing down of tho upright pillars without Impairing alrungih und sturdlness of .Iho lop, which naturally Increases the visibility for tho driver and the passengers In the car. Hut la some ruses the stool body has mot with objections, due lo the reverberation or rumble caused by road Shock, Also tinder sonie methods of construction there wss found that squoaka and rattles developed that proved hard to elim inate. Combines llotli Types "All of these points were thor oughly analyzed by the Studebaker factory In the- development of Its new type of body which Is now featured on the new custom sedans, which were recently announced. In designing those new bodies the best features of the wood and the steel bodies were considered, with the re sult tnat a combination or steel, re inforced by wood, 'was decided upon ns the lilciil construction. "The sleet construction of the new bodies gives visibility and. safo- Wood sills and top raits and steel uprights reinforced by wood is tho medium of eliminating the squeaks and rattlos and .tho rum hie that has proven an objection with tho all steel- body. The wood Is uaed to deaden the sound, and an extra precaution has been taken by Inserting a cushion of felt between His contact of metal aud. wood. ItlicAl Test "There nro no rlvlla or bulla Kludubiikor body construction, but each vital part Is electrically weld ed, Willi h makes It practically as IS the eleel Itself. . This gases seemed a logical solution of many of the problems confronting the deslKiiliig engineer. "These sleeves ellmlnuled tile necessity for using stems, push rods, cam shafts and vulvo springs. A considerable number uf purls were automatically ellinluuted. They fur nished an opportunity to rurry the valves or ports in the sleeves them selves, und Iho npurutlon of the sleeves was a simple inntter. It re quired but two connecting rods, one for each sleevo In the cylinder, and thesa were easily operated by an eccentric shaft. "Since the connecting rods were III constant and uniform motion at any given rale of motor speed, a highly deslrublu simplicity In opera tion was assured. "Thu orlnlgul principle has never lieun changed. It has been devel oped and Improved ronstrurtlonully by such manufacturers as Oalinler Kulghl of Kngland, wlro wuro the first lo build the Knight sleeve vslve motor rommerrlslly, by Willys Overland nnd by Ktcrtts-Knight In this roilnlry. and Inter by Mercedes. Minerva, Volsln und I'anhard ;ln Kurnpe. "As general uae .of Mils typo of motor on the part of tho motor: public built up Iho sources of In formation from which engineers could determine Iho efficiency of this typo of construction, It was learned thut not only did the sleeve valve principle do away with all the usual vulve probloms. but that the operation of the motor was such thut even the usual carbon difficul ties were eliminated and Iho life of the motor materially lengthened. "The power development of Ihe Knight sleeve vulvo motor ns II Is now lieiiig null!, Iho trulv excen-i tlonnl life which ihoso motors havull"r""a shown, and Iho fact that nothing elae has yet been developed which approaches this form of. construction In simplicity, has attracted the at- welding is given the most rigoroiut test before it Is passed, as being perfect for use on Ihc automobile. The bottom of Ihe assembly Is held tenting not alono of the engineering ! absolutely rigid while a machine world, but of tho tremendous army of motor car oxers In steadily In creasing iiouihcrs. "It bus permitted Iho engineer to niuku steady progress In a'slralghl line, on ono lype of mochnnlsin, without forcing hlin to step this way and that, to find some relief from a form of construction, which, Inher ently, offers many unnecessary complications." moves tho top buck and forth through a space of about an Inch, iu an effort to break tho welding. Tho assembly receives ICO. 000 racll lutlons of this kind before It Is ac cepted. I ; "This typo of body construction tins resulted In a body of lighter weight, yet tho maximum of strength and surety has been maintained and greater visibility for those riding In Ihn car. These new bodies are a distinctive advancement In tho de velopment of motor car " bodies, ' and KKKI HKIT OKI-' CI.I TCII Keep Ihe foot flat on Iho floor board unless aclually shifting gears jlhoy are , built complete In Stude or wlowlng quickly to a stop. baker's oin body plant." ------ -J., i . -. . giv . '. 1 - ijl LIMITED Train fP 5 ag ; ;1 Essex coacm JLf sr The smooth, performance, flashing: pick-up and stamina of the .famous Essex, motor . built on the patented and f" exclusive $uper-Six principle! ' ' Achie Mbtbr Company Hits Five Homers In One Afternoon 1 1 -.-' 1 I '-XL ei L S few UMitral l'rai I'fcvlw Frank "Hcd" Partain of the Ilrownilillc club in the Lower II io Valley. Han-ball LcaRUC of iTcga recently lrokc all base ball records by getting live lioinc I runs in one paine. The bank ac counts of l'lirtain's two little tlauglilrrs tmik a big jump that day, I'artnin donating nil "tips" from the fans to their education al fund. . . ' Vice-President of Oakland Starts on j Third Year Service ! Churles W. Mulhewson this month begins his third year as vlre-preal-iilent and director of sales of Ihe Oakland Motor Cur company. In ad dition In his duties as assistant to the president of tho General Motors corporation, according to word Just ; received from tho Oakland Motor I Car company by the K. It. It. gar-' 'age, dealers In this territory for Ihe I Oakland and Pontine sixes. Mulhewson for the Isst twenty years has been one of the nntstund- fig figures In the motor Cur Indus-, try. During the last ten years pre-' vluus lo hi appointment at Oakland he was connected with Dodge Broth ers as salca executive, servlug In the capacity of general sales man ager and viie president in charge of sales, respectively, during his lost, four years with that company. , Hinco he assumed his present ex ecutive capacity, Oakland sales have, shown a steady Increase, whilo this year they have assumed such phe-j nomcnal proportions that the Ouk-j land Motor Car company has become one of the ten largest producers In the industry. And as a reslut of Ihls situation it has been found necessary to build a plant costing! 7.no.(i00 for tho manufacture of I'ontiac sixes alone. I HK.1T 18 IMPOItTAST A correctly heated carburetor runs on less gasoline and runs ' smoother than an unheated one. With colder weathor It Is advisable to close the shutter on tho hot air pipe between the carburetor and the exhaust manifold. 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