Oxy/Acetylene Cutting Tip Cleaner

An apparatus for cleaning oxy-acetylene cutting torch tips, the apparatus comprising:

• an elongated body having a slider bore and an opposing housing bore containing a cleaning pin;
• an actuator configured to slide along the body from a first position to a second position;
• a lock configured to releasably lock the actuator in the second position;
• the cleaning pin coupled to the actuator such that the cleaning pin moves in tandem with the actuator from the first position, wherein the cleaning pin is contained in the housing bore, to the second position wherein the cleaning pin extends from the body;
• and
• the actuator biased to the first position, wherein the cleaning pin is retracted into the housing bore with the lock released.

An apparatus for cleaning oxy-acetylene cutting torch tips, the apparatus comprising:

• an elongated body having a slider bore and an opposing housing bore containing a cleaning pin;
• a slider coupled to the cleaning pin, the slider movable inside the slider bore from a first position with the cleaning pin contained in the housing bore, to a second position with the cleaning pin extending from the elongated body;
• an actuator coupled to the slider through a slider slot;
• and
• a lock configured to releasably lock the actuator in the second position;
• and
• wherein the actuator is biased to the first position, such that with the lock released, the cleaning pin is retracted into the housing bore.