A HAWERA INVENTION.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 10 February 1923, Page 6

A HAWERA INVENTION.

3 • ie THE EGMONT WATER HEATER. it » ?s p. The hardware retail trade and man n connected with the building trade liav !_ been greatly interested of late in <j new water heater designed by Mi ' s D. Mclntyre, of Victoria Street, Hi h wera. Mr. Mclntyre has named th ; . heater the "Egmont," and has ol tamed protection through the Paten Office. The "Egmont" in the presen • form is what may be termed a "chip1 heater (in another form it may be use< as a gas calif out), as water is heatei P by ordinary firing methods and is o J the upright type usually seen, wit! the important difference that in plao , of the water jacket being of paralk " cylinder form it is cone-shaped, h ' this shape an. important principle i *~ taken advantage of. In the first plao the gradual narrowing of the fire't-ham ber to a smaller aperture at the con* top induces considerable draught, whicl draws the flame upward more rapidly and with more intensity than woulc otherwise be the case. Secondly, tin conformation naturally keeps the flamei against the sides of the chamber, whicl is not so much the case in the paralle cylinder type of heater; and in the cas< r of the Egmont this action is increasec , by placing a "baffle," or flame spreader , at a convenient height above the fire. Ir c the construction of the water jacke< - lies a most important feature of Mr . Mclrityre's invention for by obtainins r coil action by his special device in th« . ordinary size of heater a thin ribbon x of water, no less than 27 feet Ions;, is , presented to the heating surface. The 1 rapid manner in which water is heated r by the apparatus is astonishing. Con- [ necting up the heater with the town j water service, Mr. Mclntyre, in the presence of a Star representative, placed [ in the fire chamber not more than onep third of the lid of an ordinary benzine I case cut into sticks, and in exactly one , minute after the match being applied . boiling water was issuing from the out. i let. When we say "boiling water we do not mean "hot" water—the water . was actually boiling. In'practice an ordinary bath can be obtained with the lid of an ordinary benzine case as fuel. The "Egmont" may be attached to a town water service supply, an ordinary rain water tank, or it may be obtained in a form with a small tank attached, which can be refilled by bucket as the hot water is drawn off". It is the most compact and portable apparatus we have seen, the portability being such that picnic parties could; use one at any selected spot, and this feature must appeal to farmers, who by this means can place one at any spot convenient to water and shift about as desired. As a matter 6f fact, several farmers are already using it and are highly pleased. A well-known hardware dealer expressed the opinion that the Egmont gave better results than heaters at more than double the price that he was offering—in fact, he said, he had never seen a heater a~tj as satisfactorily. Mr. Mclntyre has I had flattering offers to purchase the I rights of manufacture on royalty on a I large scale, but his present intention is to go on with the manufacture himself and develop the industry in Hawera. Anyone interested should see the "Egmont," and they will realise better than we can explain the advantages it possesses in the way of simplicity, safety, portability, adaptability to water supply* available, efficiency, and econniy , both in first cost and running cost/ Mr. Mclntyre will be pleased to demonstrate to anyone interested, and we advise any such to fall and see the heater in action.* 0