Stoker Stick For Loading Wood Stoves

Stoker Stick for Loading Wood Stoves ENERGY Wood Gas 4-5-27 Save wear and tear on your fingers with this new "Stoker Stick" for filling wooden stoves. Inventor Walter Yaworski, Jordanvile, N.Y., got the idea for his new invention several years ago after crunching and burning his thumb while loading his wooden stove. Deciding that there must be a less destructive way to fill his stove, Yaworski came up with the Stoker Stick. It consists of an adjustable gripping piece attached to a handle that comes in 4 1/2, 5, and 51/2 ft. lengths. The gripping piece, made of metal square tubing, is spring-driven and can be adjusted to fit size of the log. Logs can be loaded either length-wise or across their diameter. The stoker is self-adjusting for logs within 3 in: of being the same size. Otherwise, adjusting wing nuts on the handle takes about 30 seconds. The stoker weighs about 4 lbs., can handle logs weighing up to about 40 lbs., and is designed so that it adds only about an inch to the diameter of the log, making it easy to "feed" stoves with narrower or smaller doors. Yaworski is just beginning to develop marketing plans for his invention, on which he has a patent pending. He estimates that retail price of his Stoker Stick will be about $37. For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Walter Yaworski, Rt. 1, Jordanville, N.Y. 13361 (ph 315 823-2008).

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