Surfacing torch with external powder feed

Claim 1

IN A TOORCH FOR APPLYING A COATING TO A WORK PIECE SURFACE, AND IN WHICH THE TORCH HAS A TIP FACE THROUGH WHICH A COMBUSTIBLE GAS MIXTURE IS DISCHARGED IN A HIGHVELOCITY JET SYSTEM AND IS BURNED IN A FLAME SYSTEM BEYOND THE TIP FACE BUT WITH EDDY CURRENTS THAT FLOW OUTWARD FROM THE JET SYSTEM AND TURN BACK TOWARD THE TIP FACE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO SAID TIP FACE, AND THERE IS A POWDER HOLDER FOR POWDERED COATING MATERIAL LOCATED AT AA HIGHER LEVEL THAN THE TIP AND WITH A DISCHARGE PASSAGE THROUGH WHICH POWDER FROM THE HOLDER FLOWS BY GRAVITY INTO THE FLAME SYSTEM, AT A LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE TORCH AND IN FRONT OF THE TIP, AND THERE ARE BRACKET MEANS CONNECTING THE NOZZLE AND POWDER HOLDER TO THE TORCH, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES MEANS FOR PREVENTING POWDER FROM BEING CARRIED BY SAID EDDY CURRENTS INTO CONTACT WITH THE TIP FACE WITH RESULTING BUILD-UP OF COATING MATERIAL ON THE TIP FACE, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A DISCHARGE NOZZLE AT THE END OF THE PASSAGE AND FACING IN A DIRECTION TO DISCHARGE THE POWDER FROM THE PASSAGE INTO THE BURNING FLAME SYSTEM TRANSVERSELY OF THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF THE GAS OF THE FLAME SYSTEM FROM THE TIP, AND SUPPORTING MEANS HOLDING THE DISCHARGE NOZZLE ABOVE THE FLAME SYSTEM AND OUT IN FRONT OF THE TIP FACE AT A DISTANCE OF DISCHARGE THE POWDER INTO THE FLAME SYSTEM AHEAD OF THE EDDY CURRENTS.