Torch assembly

• US 5,123,837 A
• Filed: 04/20/1990
• Issued: 06/23/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Irwin Industrial Tool Company (Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc. (Eaton Corporation PLC.)
• Inventors: Farnham, Gilbert R., Burgin, Alonzo A. III
• Primary Examiner(s): Price, Carl D.
• Application Number:
  US07/511,638
• Time in Patent Office: 795 Days
• Field of Search: 431/254, 431/255, 431/258, 431/263, 431/264, 431/265, 431/266, 431/354, 431/355, 431/344, 60/39, 60/827
• US Class Current: 431/258
• CPC Class Codes: F23D 14/28 in association with a gaseous fuel source, e.g. acetylene generator, or a container for liquefied gas
• CPC Class Codes: F23D 14/38 Torches, e.g. for brazing or heating nozzles F23D14/48
• CPC Class Codes: F23Q 3/002 using piezoelectric elements

Abstract

A valve is disclosed for regulating the flow of fuel from a fuel source containing fuel under pressure to a fuel consuming apparatus. The valve includes a valve body having a passage therethrough, a resilient element for regulating the flow of the fuel through the passage, and spring means for adjusting the compresion on the gasket. A torch is also disclosed. The torch includes a burner tube, an igniter mounted on the exterior of the tube and a housing for housing the igniter.

Claims

1. A housing for housing an igniter and for attaching the igniter to a burner tube of a torch, comprising:

a first case portion having a projection;

a second case portion;

a tubular body being receivable over the burner tube;

a lip extending from the tubular body and having a slot for receiving the projection to connect the lip to the first case portion; and

means for connecting the first case portion to the second case portion.

2. A torch, comprising:

a burner tube having a chamber and an aperture;

an igniter mounted on the burner tube, the igniter having a switch, an igniter body, an igniter boot and an igniter wire, the igniter boot and the igniter wire extending into the chamber through the aperture;

an igniter spacer positioned between the igniter body and the burner tube; and

a case enclosing the igniter body, the igniter spacer and a portion of the turner tube, the case including;

a first case portion;

a second case portion; and

means for connecting the first case portion to the second case portion wherein the connecting means includes a tubular body being received over the burner tube and a lip extending from the tubular body and having a groove which is engageable by projections extending from the first case portion and the second case portion.