Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 30, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba I Winnipeg free wednesday veni 01 11 in vapor per Kilometres Sam Szloboda demonstrates his fathers invention which enables cars to run on propane Man claims will revolutionize by Ron Campbell a British Columbia inventor says his newly developed valve which received a Canadian Patent yesterday will revolutionize the Way internal combustion engines Are the a self re Glating apportioning valve is designed to enable internal combustion engines to run on propane vapor at a big saving in Price and fuel efficiency Over Gaso line and conventional liquid the inventor is David Szloboda of his son on a visit to Winnipeg said the apportioning valve is a Mere Mousetrap compared with his fathers other scientific but it Wilt make him a licences to install the valve sell for apiece and Szloboda company guarantees a total refund if the Licensee does not recover his invest ment within a year of starting Busi the valve and supplied for about a set exclusively by Szlomo Das can be in stalled for a suggested retail Price of conversion Cost a propane available from Sev eral retails at about so a Complete conversion of a car engine to propane vapor would Cost about compared with for conversion to liquid the installation by a trained Licensee or his designate takes about an compared with about nine hours for a conventional liquid propane based on a five Day work week and about a markup per unit and installing an average two units a the Licensee could realize an Szloboda his fathers company has been sell ing the licences for about five thirty five have been sold in the and Canada and Sam said he expects 500 will be sold by David has a bad heart and cannot so his 31yearold son and Vancouver marketing executive James Finkleman Are on a metre Canadian and american tour to promote the valve and test its efficiency Over Long they left the West coast on 24 in a four door Dodge Dart with 000 Kilometres on it and have been convert cars from gasoline the internal combustion engine averaging 22 Miles a gallon using pro pane compared to the it Miles a gallon the car gets from mileage varies front car to car de pending on the size and condition of the Szvoboda said this is the 18th test car in which the valve has been installed and Many have already been installed in private cars in the Vancou ver shops would do Well he said he figures few installation shops Way old do Well for their owners in Winni Eggers now would have to go to Surrey to get the apportioning valve installed in their he liquid propane Cost Szloboda cents a litre in Vancouver and has averaged Between 22 cents and 26 cents a litre on the to fill the 43litre propane tank in the trunk of the test car costs Between and and will last for 340 to 355 he Szloboda said it costs about to fill the car with gasoline and gives the car a cruising Range of about 260 kilo because propane tanks have thick Walls and a bleeding valve to prevent there is virtually no danger of even in a he the apportioning valve can be in stalled on any internal combustion engine and can utilize any combustible he propane produces 60 per cent greater efficiency than costs half the bums much cleaner and thus at least doubling engine he in switching to propane vapor will Burn off Carbon deposits on spark plugs caused by conventional although liquid propane freezes at it still gives off enough vapor at that temperature to Start the Frozen propane melts the engine heat causes the Frozen liquid propane to melt and vaporize allowing Normal engine oper if the temperature Falls below c and freezes the liquid propane beyond the car can be started using gasoline and shortly switched Back to propane he the liquid propane vaporizes naturally in the tank and thus the Szloboda valve does not require the pressure Gasi Fier and Carburettor used by liquid propane Szloboda said that because of Neces sary Carburettor conver Sion to a conventional liquid propane system will cause a cars engine to lose from 10 to so per cent of its existing gasoline efficiency whether it uses liquid propane or gasoline after the con a getting 15 Miles per gallon of gasoline May get Only 10 Miles a gallon on liquid he propane vapor delivers the same acceleration and Power at any Speed that gasoline Szloboda but because the apportioning valve by passes the there is no Kickin for in a gasoline driven a Fuelin ejected Carburettor kicks in when the Driver floors the in passing situations for enclosed i steel the apportioning valve itself is enclosed in a round steel casing about 10 centimetres in diameter and four Centi metres with two Small tubes one tube leads to the in the other to the propane tank in the it is the engine itself that creates the vacuum for fuel according to torque needs and the fuel Type a chemically resistant rubber diaphragm and a vacuum variance valve Are the two main components of the simple frictionless which works on the principle of sequential that the Beauty of this system opposite forces acting on the same Side of the diaphragm without cancelling each other said his father invented the Valpi around and began applying for patents that notifying the ramp As he had done so and publicizing his invention to guard against theft for the purpose of pirating his patents Are now pending for the valve in several the Patent office has granted the invention special this status Means the Patent application will take from six months to 1 years to go through the bureaucracy instead of the usual three to four City Calendar Eaton cup Competition saturday nine teams will take part in the 1981 Manitoba militia districts annual Eaton cup Competition the marching and shooting event will begin at 8 from Minto 969 Matthews other events will be held at Kapyon Barracks on Kenaston Boulevard and the Charles Rifle the Competition will end with Mark weather Winnipeg area forecast Cloudy with Light rain moderate Easterly winds with a High 8 to occasional Clear periods overnight with a Low near variable cloudiness tomorrow with a High near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba Cloudy with showers Friday and Satur mainly sunny temperatures near Normal readings of 15 and 3 below Normal saturday and Northern Manitoba Cloudy with showers Friday and Satur variable cloudiness temperatures near Normal Friday but below Normal readings of 10 and 2 saturday and Northwestern Ontario Cloudy Friday and saturday with showers sunny temperatures near nor Mal Friday and below Normal readings of 14 and 2 temperatures Canada and the world Manship trials at final inspection should be completed by 5 Diane Malley of the Freshwater Institute will speak on acid rain some health effects at a meeting of the safer water association of Manitoba at 8 monday at 800 Sherbrook room father Johannes renowned German theologian from the University of will lecture on religion and politics at sunday and give another lecture on toward a second reformation at tuesday in theatre 100 of Pauls University of Roger author of the bestselling novel Goboy and recipient of the governor generals will be the guest speaker at the annual meeting of the John Howard and Elizabeth Fry society of Manitoba at 7 7 in the ramada 1824 Pembina the Nymha jewish Community Centre will offer a 10week course on cartooning and gag writing beginning the course will cover techniques and to Contact the 370 Hargrave David Hartman will be the keynote speaker at a career exploration conference presented by the Manitoba federa Tion of the visually handicapped 15 and 16 in the downtown Holiday the conference will explore ways of enabling visually impaired Young people to pursue career objectives in occupations traditionally considered unsuitable for the visually an informal meeting entitled parents As advocates will begin at 7 self improvement workshops in weaving and pottery will be held 16 to 18 at the Centre culture Francomano 340 Provencher for further Contact Lise 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