Metal scarfing apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR SCARFING THE SURFACE OF A METAL BILLET HELD STATIONARY UPON A BILLET HOLDER COMPRISING A RAIL POSITIONED BESIDE THE BILLET HOLDER, A CAR ON THE RAIL, A REVERSIBLE, MULTISEED POWER MEANS FOR MOVING THE CAR ON THE RAIL IN OPPOSITE LONGITUDINALLY DIRECTED SCARFING MOTIONS RELATIVE TO THE BILLET, A TRACK MOUNTED ON THE CAR ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE BILLET AND AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE RAIL, SAID TRACK HAVING AN INBOARD END LOCATED ON THE SIDE OF THE BILLET AND AN OUTBOARD END LOCATED ON ONE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BILLET, A CARRIAGE RECIPROCABLE FROM END-TO-END ON THE TRACK, AN OPERATOR''S CHAIR PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON THE CARRIAGE AND ADAPTED TO CONFRONT THE BILLET AT EACH END OF TRAVEL ON THE TRACK, POWER MEANS TO THE CAR FOR EFFECTING TRANSVERSE OF THE CARRIAGE ON THE TRACK, AUTOMATICALLY OPERATED MEANS FOR PIVOTING THE OPERATOR''S CHAIR DURING RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT OF THE CARRIAGE ON THE TRACK, A TORCH PROJECTING FROM THE CONFRONTING SIDE OF THE CAR DOWNWARDLY INTO SCARFING POSITION RELATIVE TO THE BILLET SURFACE, PEDAL CONTROL MEANS ON THE CARRIAGE ADJACENT THE OPERATOR''S CHAIR FOR ACTUATING THE POWER MEANS TO CONTROL THE SPEED AND DIRECTION OF TRAVEL OF THE CAR ON THE RAIL, CONTROL MEANS ON THE CARRIAGE ACCESSIBLE AT THE OPERATOR''S SEAT TO ACTUATE THE CARRIAGE TRAVERSING POWER MEANS, A FUME EXHAUST INTAKE MEANS POSITIONED ON THE CAR ON EACH SIDE OF THE TRACK ANDF LOCATED SUPERJACENT THE BILLET, A STATIONARY HEADER LOCATED PARALLEL TO THE RAIL, MEANS ON THE CAR CONNECTING EACH OF THE FUME