SLEEVE VALVES

Shannon News, 6 January 1928, Page 4

SLEEVE VALVES

SUCCESS OF INVENTION". The history of the early struggles of in invention of the sleeve valve eugiiuv Mr. Charles T. Knight, to so euro recognition for his invention in America, are outlined in an interest ing booklet just issued l)y the Mel bourne agents for Willys-Ivnight pro duets, Overland, Victoria, Ltd. In thud Mr. Knight perfected his sleeve-valve principle, and for four years endeavoured to interest Amori can manufacturers in the idea, but without success. In 1007 he took the engine to Europe and submitted it to the Daimler Company., the result wa.' the Daimter-Knight motor, which in 1908 was suomitted by the Royal Automobile Cub to the severest test which any car, up to that time, had undergone. The result was a coin pletc success, and Mr. Knight’s in vent>on was ranked among the fore most in the motoring world.

The Daimler success was promptly followed h\ the adoption of Knight principle's in America and in Europe

Mi 1 . John Willys manufactured tin Willy’s-Knight— the first Knight en gined motor to be made in America and Knight engines were instated in various cars in Britain, Germany. France arid Austria.

The sleeve-valve engine today i: enjoying a well-deserved boom, and both in .America and Europe the do maud is resulting in the production of new cars featuring this engine.