Heating the Air to Facilitate Starting
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RELUCTANCE to start on the part O an internal-combustion engine may be due, in winter-time, to the low temperature of the air entering the carburetter, particularly when this factor is aggravated by the use of fuel of an inferior quality. A device intended to combat this difficulty has been introduced by Messrs. P. Well and Co., 89, Upper Thames St., London, E.C.4.
The body of the air-heater consists of a Metal canister containing steel" wool, which is held in place by a grid. The hose from the body to the nozzle is flexible. The latter is in two parts —namely, the fixed portion and the
840 adapter—which is supplied to suit the intake of the carburetter of the vehicle for which the heater is required. Obviously, it can be applied only when the air intake is of the open variety or when the user is willing to remove any fitting at the mouth of the carburetter.
In operation the device is placed vertically on a as ring or other heater, tintil the steel wool has reached the required temperature. The nozzle is next applied to the carburetter, and when the starting handle is turned the air drawn in is warmed by its passage over the hot material in the canister.