A handheld welding torch apparatus for welding in confined areas includes a gas tank having a handle portion and an extension portion. Each of the handle portion and the extension portion is cylindrical. A valve assembly is coupled to the gas tank and comprises a tank receiver, a tube stem, a valve housing, and a control valve. The tube stem is coupled to the tank receiver. The tube stem is in fluid communication with the gas tank when the tank receiver is engaged with the extension portion. The valve housing is coupled to, and in fluid communication with, the tube stem. The control valve is coupled within, and in fluid communication with, the valve housing. A tube neck is coupled to, and in fluid communication with, the control valve. A welding tip is coupled to the tube neck.

A handheld welding torch apparatus for welding in confined areas includes a gas tank having a handle portion and an extension portion. Each of the handle portion and the extension portion is cylindrical. A valve assembly is coupled to the gas tank and comprises a tank receiver, a tube stem, a valve housing, and a control valve. The tube stem is coupled to the tank receiver. The tube stem is in fluid communication with the gas tank when the tank receiver is engaged with the extension portion. The valve housing is coupled to, and in fluid communication with, the tube stem. The control valve is coupled within, and in fluid communication with, the valve housing. A tube neck is coupled to, and in fluid communication with, the control valve. A welding tip is coupled to the tube neck.

A cutting nozzle for a gas torch, such as a postmixed oxy-fuel gas torch, comprising a body with a torch end adapted to engage the gas torch, a discharge end, and a peripheral surface between the torch end and the discharge end. The body has a plurality of bores for respectively conducting fuel gas, preheat oxygen and cutting oxygen through the nozzle, each of the plurality of bores extending from the torch end and terminating in a respective discharge orifice at the discharge end of the body. A set of the plurality of bores are preheat oxygen bores connected to an oxygen source at the torch end for discharging the preheat oxygen at the discharge end. A plurality of air bores each have an inlet orifice located on the peripheral surface of the body and open to an air source, and a discharge orifice in or proximal to the discharge end.

The invention relates to a nozzle (1) for cutting steel workpieces and workpieces made of iron alloys, comprising a nozzle body (2), wherein the nozzle body (2) has two cutting-oxygen bores (5, 5a), which extend from an inlet side (6) of the nozzle body (2) to an outlet side (8) of the nozzle body (2) in order to form two cutting jets (10, 10a). The double cutting flame cuts the steel more strongly in the so-called groove trail. The cut is thus more effective. This permits an increased cutting speed, which in turn causes a reduction in the heating-gas consumption.

The invention relates to a nozzle (1) for cutting steel workpieces and workpieces made of iron alloys, comprising a nozzle body (2), wherein the nozzle body (2) has two cutting-oxygen bores (5, 5a), which extend from an inlet side (6) of the nozzle body (2) to an outlet side (8) of the nozzle body (2) in order to form two cutting jets (10, 10a). The double cutting flame cuts the steel more strongly in the so-called groove trail. The cut is thus more effective. This permits an increased cutting speed, which in turn causes a reduction in the heating-gas consumption.

Disclosed herein are embodiments of an oxygen torch cutting system. In one embodiment, the oxygen torch cutting system comprises a cutting torch supplied with an oxygen gas source, a fuel gas source, and a third gas source. The third gas source can be a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen gasses (HHO) or hydrogen gas (H.sub.2) and can be added to the fuel gas source. The oxygen torch cutting system can include one or more gas lines, gas control valves, and flashback arrestors. The addition of HHO or H.sub.2 gas to the fuel gas source can be facilitated by a tee connector. The inclusion of HHO or H.sub.2 gas into the fuel gas source increases the efficiency of the oxygen cutting torch system by replacing a significant amount of the fuel with less expensive HHO or H.sub.2 gas and increases the oxidation rate of metal and creates a cleaner flame.

A handheld welding torch apparatus for welding in confined areas includes a gas tank having a handle portion and an extension portion. Each of the handle portion and the extension portion is cylindrical. A valve assembly is coupled to the gas tank and comprises a tank receiver, a tube stem, a valve housing, and a control valve. The tube stem is coupled to the tank receiver. The tube stem is in fluid communication with the gas tank when the tank receiver is engaged with the extension portion. The valve housing is coupled to, and in fluid communication with, the tube stem. The control valve is coupled within, and in fluid communication with, the valve housing. A tube neck is coupled to, and in fluid communication with, the control valve. A welding tip is coupled to the tube neck.

A swivel head assembly for a dual head oxy-fuel torch which incorporates a fixed oxygen delivery head and a 360 degree rotatable fuel delivery head mounted coaxially upon the oxygen delivery head, such that regardless of whether the torch is pushed forward, drawn backward or manipulated to either side, the fuel delivery head can be readily repositioned relative to the oxygen delivery head so as to always lead the delivery of oxygen for preheating, thus accommodating ease of arm movement and avoiding the need for cumbersome body movement and positioning around the target cutting surface.

A swivel head assembly for a dual head oxy-fuel torch which incorporates a fixed oxygen delivery head and a 360 degree rotatable fuel delivery head mounted coaxially upon the oxygen delivery head, such that regardless of whether the torch is pushed forward, drawn backward or manipulated to either side, the fuel delivery head can be readily repositioned relative to the oxygen delivery head so as to always lead the delivery of oxygen for preheating, thus accommodating ease of arm movement and avoiding the need for cumbersome body movement and positioning around the target cutting surface.

A welding or cutting torch includes a torch head, a heating nozzle detachably fastened onto a front part of the torch head and a cutting nozzle, which is received in the heating nozzle and which rests with a rear end face on a front end face of the torch head. The cutting nozzle has a shoulder with a surrounding contact face, which is turned away from a rear end face and which rests on a surrounding mating face of the heating nozzle.