SOME BRAKES!

NZ Truth, Issue 1127, 7 July 1927, Page 16

SOME BRAKES!

New Idea From England "The latest car to arrive from England is a six-cylinder Singer, and this incorporates many ingenious features, including, a tool locker fitted behind the dashboard, a special form of steering gear and a, new type of door lock. . Butwhat most interested us m this new car was the braking system.' THIS is operated upon the well- ■*• known principle of the air brake, as used on railways and tramway . cars.- ■ ■ "' :■ ■ : " •■ .- '"■ . ■ .: ■-. ' ■ The 'vacuum is created by the engine suction, and the bratke pedal, instead of operating a series of levers and pull rods, merely turns an air cock, and the air pressure does the rest. • '„'■ So far, the brakes could just as easily be operated by a small tap fitted to the steering wheel 'or the side of the body, but for two reasons, the makers! have decided. to use the ordinary br^ke pedal, fitted m the usual- place. For one thing, the driver, who , has probably- learnt to drive on an ordinary . car, would find the use of a tap. awkward after becoming accustomed to a foot pedal, and m the second place, provision is made m the brake gear itself, automatically to couple up solid '<IIUIIIIIIIIIIIllllMIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIII!lllllll!llllllllllllll|lllllllllllllllllllllll||l||l|||||l>' 5