Metal cutting torch

Claim 1

IN A CUTTING TORCH OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED INCLUDING A VALVE CHEST, A BODY PORTION ATTACHED TO SAID CHEST, FUEL AND OXYGEN TUBES CONNECTING SAID CHEST WITH A TORCH HEAD AND REPLACEABLE TORCH TIP RECEIVED IN SAID TORCH HEAD, THE COMBINATION OF (1) A PLURALITY OF RECESSED OPENINGS IN A LONGITUDINAL FACE OF SAID VALVE CHEST FOR RECEPTION OF VALVES FOR TRANSMISSION OF OXYGEN IN PREHEATING AND CUTTING VOLUMES AND FUEL GAS IN TORCH IGNITION VOLUMES, RESPECTIVELY, INLET OPENINGS IN AN END WALL OF SAID VALVE CHEST FOR ADMISSION OF OXYGEN AND FUEL GASES, (2) A RECESSED OPENING IN EACH CHEST SIDE WALL ADJACENT SAID END WALL INLET OPENINGS, (3) A CONTROL VALVE RECEIVED IN EACH SAID CHEST SIDE WALL OPENINGS AND EACH PROVIDED WITH AN INLET OPENING SIZED TO ADMIT TO THE VALVE A PRE-SELECTED CONSTANT VOLUME OF FUEL OR OXYGEN GAS UNDER ALL DEGREES OF OPENING MOVEMENTS OF THE VALVE, (4) A FIRST CHANNEL EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY WITHIN THE VALVE CHEST AND OPENING INTO THE SAID RECESSED OPENING RECEIVING THE VALVE FOR PASSAGE OF OXYGEN IN METAL CUTTING VOLUMES, (5) A SECOND CHANNEL EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY WITHIN THE VALVE CHEST AND OPENING AT ONE END INTO THE RECESSED OPENING RECEIVING THE VALVE FOR PASSAGE OF FUEL GAS FOR IGNITION OF THE TORCH, (6) A CHANNEL WITHIN THE VALVE CHEST CONNECTING THE VALVE CHEST END WALL OPENING FOR ADMITTING OXYGEN TO WITH SAID CHEST FIRST CHANNEL OPENING, (7) A CHANNEL IN THE VALVE CHEST CONNECTING THE VALVE CHEST END WALL OPENING FOR ADMITTING FUEL GAS TO SAID BODY WITH SAID CHEST SECOND CHANNEL, (8) VALVE MEANS IN EACH OF SAID VALVE CHEST SIDE WALL OPENINGS INCLUDING A MOVEABLE VALVE STEM AND A SPRING LOADED STEEL BALL CONTROLLING PASSAGE OF THE RESPECTIVE GASES THROUGH SAID VALVE MEANS, (9) CHANNELS IN SAID VALVE CHEST CONNECTING SAID CHEST SIDE WALL VALVE MEANS WITH THE ADJACENT RECESSED OPENINGS IN THE VALVE CHEST END WALL, (10) CHANNELS IN SAID VALVE CHEST CONNECTING SAID CHEST SIDE WALL OPENINGS WITH TWO OF THE ADJACENT SAID RECESSED OPENINGS IN THE LONGITUDINAL FACE OF SAID CHEST, (11) A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE THIRD OF SAID RECESSED OPENINGS IN THE LONGITUDINAL FACE OF THE CHEST AND THE SAID FIRST CHANNEL EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THE CHEST, (12) VALVE MEANS IN EACH SAID RECESSED OPENINGS IN THE LONGITUDINAL FACE OF SAID CHEST FOR RESPECTIVELY CONTINUOUSLY SUPPLYING FUEL GAS AND OXYGEN FROM SAID CHEST SIDE WALL VALVES TO SAID TORCH TIP FOR IGNITION PURPOSES AND INTERMITTENTLY SUPPLYING OXYGEN TO SAID TORCH TIP FOR METAL PREHEATING AND CUTTING PURPOSES, AND (13) MOVEABLE VALVE ACTUATING MEANS ON SAID TORCH OVERLYING SAID LATTER VALVE MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY ACTUATING THE VALVE MEANS FROM NORMALLY CLOSED TO OPEN POSITION FOR PERFORMANCE OF THEIR FUNCTIONS.