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s wnvention could save tribune october 12 1988 by bruce stapley when john wolff read how two recent stouffville area house gtres had been the result of sbmeowners forgetting to turn ff their stove elements it gave ptn a renewed belief in his latest oject wolff who lives in glasgow gost southeast of stouffville has ftecently developed the prototype c5r a device that will make it im- jpbssible for people to leave their jtove on designed specifically for seniors wolff says there are gfijany people out there who will jlie able to take advantage of his fevice gi asked stouffville fire chief bill brown after the stouffville jsrea fires the other week if there j3s something that happens often fire caused by leaving stoves pn and he said it was says gwolff wolffs device consists of a ptimer box and a bypass box the cuser simply plugs his stove into the bypass box and then insert the plug from the bypass box into hhe stove outlet on the wall s the timer box is then set for the amount of time the user wants sithe cycle to run for when the stove is to be used the user presses a button which activates fthe cycle 5 a buzzer sounds for the benefit df the blind and to inform the user the cycle has started the user then turns on the burner of his choice or the oven a minute before the cycle ends the buzzer sounds again at that time the user can reset the timer box allowing the stove to run through another time cycle or simply allow the stove to shut off completely it is essentially a failsafe stove timer says wolff an in dependent researcher and teveloper and it goes well beyond what a fire detector does fire detectors cant prevent fires and they sometimes go off accidentally and they are no good once a person has left the house as far as preventing a fire from spreading i- the idea came about as a result of wolffs being approached by the ontario governments ministry of community and social services since last year he has been in- yolved in support for indepen- morhujofk 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investment is substantial but he says the potential is there for his device to be used in conjunction with ap pliances other than stoves this is only the beginning you could eventually adapt the unit to any electrical device in the house that could be potential ly dangerous such as a heater he said it could even be used for lamps if need be government officials have been monitoring the unit that is in operation in the stratford apart ment theyve told me its work ing well that the user an 87yearold man has reported that he now has a degree of com fort and confidence he didnt have before he added already he has been approach ed by agencies that deal with seniors and the handicapped the people from veteran af fairs and various occupational therapists have expressed in terest says wolff there real ly isnt anything like it on the market he feels that once the unit has become widely accepted it could be built right into the wiring systems of seniors buildings and other housing types he says that up until now there has been no incentive for stove manufacturers to come up with such a feature for their products and he hopes it stays that way until he establishes his own market wolffs business background is in the area of management con sulting he has a masters degree in management science and has done considerable work in the pa tent field he has helped many entrepreneurs start up technologicallybased businesses his sils organization is cur rently set up at ryerson polytechnical institute in toron to where he as access to several experts in the field of gerontology ryerson has also provided fun ding for the outfit which is dedicated to learning what types of devices and adaptations are needed by seniors in order for them to be able to live independently up to now there hasnt been enough market demand for such devices so these technologies have not been taken up by major phoiojlu thomas manufacturers he said the whole idea he states is to create facilities that dont resem ble 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