Patent ID: 8288677
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: B23K,H05H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A coupling device used for producing a flow path between a tank of a water vapor cutting device and a liquid-filled cartridge, wherein said coupling device comprises a housing provided with a receiving area formed therein for mounting a cartridge on said housing, and which coupling device comprises a channel provided with an input orifice fluidically connectable to said cartridge and with an output orifice fluidically connectable to an external surrounding area, wherein a metering device is arranged in said housing, which device defines a locking position in which no cartridge is mounted on said housing and said output orifice is locked, and which metering device also defines a releasing position into which said metering device may be brought by mounting a cartridge on said housing, and in which said output orifice is released, wherein said channel with said output orifice is arranged in a hollow bolt held in said housing so as to be displaceable in the direction of a longitudinal central axis, wherein said output orifice is provided in an end area of said hollow bolt, and wherein in the end area of said hollow bolt at least one bore is provided extending across the thickness of a wall in a transverse direction with respect to said longitudinal central axis.