Peru to make spark plug molds

CONTRACTS FOR

DIES AND MOLDS

Morton Conner Completes Arrangements

With Peru Electric Co.

to do The Work.

PLANS TO MAKE SPARK PLUG

Will Also Have Some Porcelain

Shells Made at Peru and Send

Models to Government

Morton Conner, who has invented a triplicate spark plug designed to reduce motor trouble to a minimum, has returned from Peru where he closed a contract with the Peru Electric company to manufacture dies and molds for the manufacture of the spark plugs.

The dies and molds will be completed within six months and then Mr. Conner will have everything in readiness for the manufacture of the spark plugs except the few pieces of machinery necessary, to make the shells for the plugs.

The Peru company will also make the spark plugs as they are needed until Mr. Conner makes arrangements to manufacture them himself. He will have models, manufactured at Peru to submit to the chief of the government signal corps for a test on aeroplane motors.

The shells for the triplicate spark plugs will be made of porcelain for present instead of pyrx [sic] pyrex ware, as suggested by the government signal corps engineer. Mr. Conner was told by a number of persons that porcelain would not withstand the sudden changes in temperature in the air and for that reason would not be practical for motors used in airplanes. However, Mr. Conner intimated today that this difficulty had been overcome.

"We have the spark plug improved now," he said, "until it is much better than it was when originally perfected. We experimented with it in Peru and made some changes for the better."'

Mr. Conner is convinced now that the spark plug will be a complete success. He has been working on it for several months and has been improving it from time to time until he now believes, that it is as near perfect as it can be. This belief is shared also by men at the Peru Electric company who worked with, him in making improvements on the plug.