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US 4,538,984 AGranted
Handy torch
OwnerKatsuyuki Nakagawainventor
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Abstract
A butane gas type handy torch has a burner, an ignition unit for igniting a gas mixture from the burner, and a main control lever movable within a range including a gas close position, a gas open position and an ignition position for controlling gas flow from the tank and actuating a generating portion of the ignition unit by moving only the main control lever. The burner is tiltable.
Claims8
A handy torch for operation with a tank containing a fuel gas, the tank having a valve providing open and closed positions, said handy torch comprising:
- a frame member for holding the tank;
- a burner pivotally mounted on said frame member and including a nozzle and a mixing valve for mixing the fuel gas with air;
- a conduit connecting said mixing valve with the tank valve;
- an igniter having an electrode, positioned close to said nozzle, and an actuator;
- a manually operative main control level pivotally mounted on said frame for movement between gas open, gas closed and ignition positions, said actuator being positioned to engage said main control lever only in said ignition position and said main control lever being operatively connected to the tank valve for movement of the valve between the open and close positions so that, by a single movement of main control lever, gas is released from the tank and ignited.
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