Lake Breeze Motor Cooling Fan
Fan with four blades protected by wire guard & standing on heavy cast iron base, all external surfaces enamelled in green. Two levers near base release fuel tank with wick which lies under base. Copper plate behind blades states: [Important directions use best grade alcohol only, grain or denatured, NOT wood alcohol. oil with one drop only, too much oil will stop motor, keep cap over wick when not in use and renew wick each 5 day]
The ‘Lake Breeze Motor Cooling Fan’ is a table-top fan which is powered by a built-in hot air engine rather than electricity. Under the base of the fan is a fuel tank with a wick which, when lit, pushes hot air upwards that turns a shaft, ultimately turning the fan. The fan uses methylated spirits as a fuel to work the motor. The elegant cooling fins cast onto the bell-shaped base help create the temperature control which the operation of the engine depends.
The fan was manufactured by the Lake Breeze Motor Co, Chicago, Illinois USA between 1915 – 1921 and distributed by Addison Parker, Sydney. Advertisements from the time boasted that it “…cost less than one halfpenny per hour [to fuel] … [is] practical, proved, simple…handsome, quiet…runs anywhere without electricity”. Another ad in the Bundaberg Mail and Burnett Advertiser in December 1917 stated it was “…the wonder fan…for the home, hospital, office, store, everywhere.”
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Metal plate on front of fan: [THE LAKE BREEZE MOTOR] [SOLE AGENTS ADDISON PARKER 34 CLARENCE ST SYDNEY]
Illinois
United States
