Cutting torch for through cutting workpieces

US4168055A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Messer Griesheim GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Georg Roeder · Schwabach, DE
• Helmut Sachs · Frankfurt am Main, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 23, 1978
• Grant date: Sep 18, 1979
• Expiry date: May 23, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B23K7/10
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A cutting torch for through cutting workpieces includes a torch stem having its cutting tip directed toward the workpiece with a shielding arrangement attached to the stem for enveloping the cutting area with a mixture of water and compressed air; separate water and air supply lines are each connected to circular canals within the shielding arrangement and nozzles are provided on the underside thereof connected via a through bore to the canals.