Patent ID: 6451245
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: F23D,Y02E

Abstract:
A torch comprising:a body comprising a number of gas pipes for conveying at least two streams of gas between a number of inlets and a number of outlets; at least two valves mounted in said body and capable of adopting a rest position in which a stream of gas is interrupted in at least one of said gas pipes and an active position in which the passage of the stream of gas is allowed through at least one of said gas pipes; a single control for at least said two valves and mounted so that it can move on said body and able to be moved in a path so that it cooperates with at least said valves, said control being capable of adopting a first stable position in which said two valves are at rest and at least one second stable position in which at least one of said valves is in an active position; controllable means of locking said control so as to secure, at rest, said control to said body, at least in said first position, and which can be actuated by hand to free said control from said body; and at least one controllable delivery adjusting means mounted on said body for adjusting the delivery of at least one of said streams of gas, said adjusting means comprising a mobile control element, wherein said at least two valves comprise: a first valve for controlling a fuel gas for a pilot; a second valve for controlling the fuel gas for a heating flame; a third valve for controlling a system for igniting a pilot flame; and a fourth valve for controlling an oxidizing gas for the heating flame.