Adjustable cutting torch machine

In a cutting torch machine with at least one support arranged displaceably on a transverse track on which a multiple torch aggregate is provided with the torches of the aggregate being adjustable relative to each other and with the torches including at least two movable torches and one vertical torch, characterized in that said support is rotatable about its vertical axis, a first horizontal shifting device mounted on the lower end of said support, a second horizontal shifting device mounted on said lower end of said support diametrically opposite said first horizontal shifting device with said horizontal shifting devices thereby being mounted on opposite sides of said support to provide a counterbalanced mounted with respect to said support, each of said horizontal shifting devices including means for moving said movable torches in a horizontal direction, an adjusting device being mounted to each of said shifting devices, each of said adjusting devices consisting of a segment and a drive for said segment, said segment comprising a first means in said adjusting device for changing the arcuate position of said movable torches, a second means connected to said segment for further changing the arcuate position of said movable torches, each of said horizontal shifting devices including a horizontally movable pass-element, a housing mounted to said pass-element with an arcuate path therein, said segment being mounted in said housing and movable on said path, a guide mounted to said segment and movable therewith, said guide having a path therein parallel to said arcuate path, said second means including a shifter movable in said guide along its path, each of said movable torches being mounted to a respective one of said shifters for changing its angular position in accordance with the adjustment of its said adjusting device, and said vertical torch being vertically mounted directly mounted to said support.