Hand torch, base, and regulator system
AssigneeWorthington Cylinders Corporation
InventorsJOHN BURKE, CHRISTOPHER FRANCIS KREUSER, DUSTIN LEE, JEROME SCHAFER, JAKE SCHUBERT, MICHAEL SHARPE, CORY BLAINE SHOUP, KARL VANDERBEEK, THOMAS WASHENKO
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Abstract
Provided is a torch including a body having a first portion and a second portion angled relative to the first portion, a control knob at a top of the second portion for adjusting a flow of fuel through the torch, a trigger at a top of the first portion that is movable from an off position to an on position to at actuate an igniter, and a burn tube extending from an end of the second portion away from the first and second portions.
Claims19
A torch including:
- a body having a first portion and a second portion angled relative to the first portion;
- a control knob at a top of the second portion for adjusting a flow of fuel through the torch;
- a trigger at a top of the first portion that is movable from an off position to an on position to at actuate an igniter;
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- a burn tube extending from an end of the second portion away from the first and second portions.
The torch according to claim 5, wherein the orifice is between nine hundredths of a millimeter in diameter and thirteen hundredths of a millimeter in diameter.
The torch according to claim 5, wherein the flame guide includes two venturi ports.
The torch according to claim 5, further including a tip coupled to the flame guide and spaced from an end of the burn tube, and a flame holder surrounding the tip and extending past the tip proximate the end of the burn tube.
A torch system including:
- a cylinder base having a sidewall with a cavity and a torch support extending to a side of the sidewall, the torch support having a cavity;
- a cylinder configured to be received in the cavity of the sidewall;
- a regulator configured to be connected to the cylinder;
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- a torch configured to be connected to the regulator, the torch having a body and a burn tube extending from an end of the body, the burn tube configured to be received in the cavity of the torch support.
A torch system including:
- a cylinder base;
- a cylinder configured to be supported in the cylinder base;
- a regulator configured to be connected to the cylinder, the regulator including a valve assembly, a knob rotatable by a user, a guide member coupled to the knob and including a pair of radially outwardly extending projections, and a ramp assembly having a ramp for each of the radially outwardly extending portions to move in to move the valve assembly to an open position;
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- a torch configured to be connected to the regulator, the torch having a body and a burn tube extending from an end of the body,
- wherein the knob is rotatable less than one hundred eighty degrees to open or close the valve assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.