Cutting and gouging torch

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIC ARC-GAS JET CUTTING AND GOUGING APPARATUS HAVING A HOUSING, A HOLLOW OPEN ENDED CURRENT CARRYING MENBER SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING, AN ELECTRODE SEAT CARRIED BY ONE END OF SAID CURRENT CARRYING MEMBER TO RECEIVE AND SUPPORT AN ELONGATED ELECTRODE DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CURRENT CARRYING MEMBER, MEANS SUPPLYING ELECTRIC CURRENT TO SAID ELECTRODE SEAT, MEANS SUPPLYING ELECTRIC GAS LONGITUDINALLY ALONG THE ELECTRODE, CONNECTOR MEANS ON SAID HOUSING FOR SUPPLYING ELECTRIC CURRENT TO SAID CURRENT CARRYING MEMBER AND GAS UNDER PRESSURE TO SAID GAS JET DIRECTING MEANS, AN ELECTRODE FEED MECHANISM COMPRISING A DRIVE BRACKET MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING OPPOSITE SAID ELECTRODE SEAT FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS PERPENDICULAR TO AND SPACED FROM THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF AN ELECTRODE SUPPORTED IN SAID SEAT, AN ELECTRODE DRIVE WHEEL MOUNTED IN SAID DRIVE BRACKET FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS PERDENDICULAR TO AND SPACED FROM THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF AN ELECTRODE SUPPORTED IN SAID SEAT, A FIRST BEVEL GEAR MEMBER MOUNTED FOR COAXIAL ROTATION WITH SAID DRIVE WHEEL, A SECOND BEVEL GEAR MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID DRIVE BRACKET FOR OPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID FIRST BEVEL GEAR MEMBER, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID SECOND BEVEL GEAR MEMBER, AND BIASING MEANS URGING SAID DRIVE BRACKET ABOUT SAID PIVOTAL AXIS FOR URGING SAID DRIVE WHEEL AND SAID SEAT TOWARD ONE ANOTHER TO ENGAGE AND FEED AN ELECTRODE ALONG SAID SEAT.