Household Fuel Economiser.

Progress, 1 November 1905, Page 15

Household Fuel Economiser.

The lady inventor is not very much in evidence in New Zealand, but so far when she has tried her prentice hand she has usually been successful. Miss B. J. Mouat, who resides in Dunedin, has devised a contrivance which effects considerable economy m the fuel consumption of ordinary household grates. The device consists of what

may be termed an iron " Air Box," which is placed within the fire where it takes space which would otherwise be occupied by fuel. Air passes from the bottom of the grate through the apertures upon all sides of the box and materially assists in the perfect combustion of the fuel, there being a noticeable reduction m the amount of smoke from grates m which the invention is used. Beneath the grate is a damper which can be moved out or in to regulate the amount of air passing to the air box.