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US 11,724,328 B1Granted
Multi-fuel adapter tactical system
OwnerBrian Christopher Heftinventor
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Abstract
A device and system comprising a cutting torch system including a multi-fuel adapter specially adapted to convert a gasoline oxygen cutting system to a multi-fuel cutting system and methods of using the same. The invention also includes a portable system including a carrying case for use with the multi-fuel adapter.
Claims17
A method of converting a conventional gasoline oxygen cutting torch to a multi-fuel cutting torch, comprising:
- obtaining a conventional gasoline oxygen cutting torch including a head, a body and a base;
- attaching a multi-fuel adapter to the head of the conventional gasoline oxygen cutting torch, wherein the multi-fuel adapter comprises a main body, a neck extending from the main body, a head extending from the neck, and one or more heat catches including a plurality of holes in a surface of the main body;
- obtaining a cutting tip;
- and
- attaching the cutting tip to the multi-fuel adapter.
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A method of using a cutting torch, comprising:
- obtaining the cutting torch including a head, a body and a base, wherein the head includes a recess;
- obtaining a mixer body having a first end and a second end, wherein the second end has a taper;
- arranging the second end of the mixer body in the recess of the head;
- obtaining a multi-fuel adapter including a main body, a neck extending from the main body, and a head extending from the neck, wherein the neck;
- attaching the multi-fuel adapter to the head of the cutting torch, wherein the head of the multi-fuel adapter is arranged in the first end of the mixer body;
- obtaining a cutting tip having a first end and second end;
- and
- attaching the first end of the cutting tip to the main body of the multi-fuel adapter,
- wherein the multi-fuel adapter comprises a heat catch configured as an efficient thermal coupler to draw heat through the cutting tip to pre-heat the multi-fuel adapter using only return heat energy of a flame during operation of the cutting torch.
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A method of using a cutting torch with a liquid fuel, comprising:
- obtaining the cutting torch including a head and a body;
- obtaining a multi-fuel adapter comprising a main body, a neck extending from the main body, and one or more recesses in a surface of the main body of the multi-fuel adapter;
- attaching the multi-fuel adapter to the head of the cutting torch;
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- attaching a cutting tip to the multi-fuel adapter, wherein the multi-fuel adapter comprises a heat catch configured as an efficient thermal coupler to draw heat through the cutting tip to pre-heat the multi-fuel adapter, using only return heat energy of a flame during operation of the cutting torch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.