Gas torch and valve

Claim 1

A TORCH INCLUDING A STEM HAVING OPPOSITE END FACES WITH PASSAGES OPENING THERETHROUGH, A PARTITION WITHIN THE STEM AND ON THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF WHICH THE PASSAGES FROM THE OPPOSITE END FACES TERMINATE WHEREBY THE PARTITION FORMS AN END WALL FOR EACH OF THE PASSAGES, RADIAL OPENINGS FROM EACH OF THE PASSAGES AND THROUGH THE PERIPHERAL SURFACE OF THE STEM AT LONGITUDINALLY-SPACED LOCATIONS AND AT OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE PARTITION, A CIRCUMFERENTIAL SHOULDER ON THE STEM BETWEEN SAID LONGITUDINALLYSPACED LOCATIONS, A HANDLE FOR THE TORCH SURROUNDING A PORTION OF THE STEM, A VALVE BODY THAT FITS OVER THE PERIPHERY OF THE STEM WITH SOME CLEARANCE THEREBETWEEN AND ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE STEM HAVING THE RADIAL OPENINGS THEREIN, A SHOULDER WITHIN THE VALVE BODY IN POSITION TO CONTACT WITH THE SHOULDER ON THE STEM TO PREVENT FLOW OF GAS ALONG SAID CLEARANCE, SEALS BETWEEN THE STEM AND VALVE BODY BEYOND BOTH OF THE RADIAL OPENING LOCATIONS, AND ACTUATOR MEANS FOR MOVING THE VALVE BODY LONGITUDINALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE STEM TO MOVE THE SHOULDERS INTO AND OUT OF CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER, THE ACTUATOR MEANS INCLUDING A MANUALLY-OPERATED ELEMENT AT ONE END OF THE HANDLE, AND IN WHICH THE VALVE BODY EXTENDS INTO THE HANDLE AND THE MEANS FOR MOVING THE VALVE BODY LONGITUDINALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE STEM INCLUDES COOPERATING CAM SURFACES CONNECTED WITH THE STEM AND VALVE BODY FOR IMPARTING LONGITUDINAL RELATIVE MOVEMENT TO THE VALVE BODY AND STEM IN RESPONSE TO RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID SURFACES THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE VALVE BODY AND THE STEM.