Contact start plasma torch
CA 2439405 A1 · Owner: Hewett, Roger W. · Inventors: Horner-Richardson, Kevin D.; Hewett, Roger W.; Small, David A.
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A contact start plasma torch and method of starting the torch includes a negatively charged cathode body and a positively charged anode body. A conductive element in the torch is constructed of an electrically conductive material and is free from fixed connection with the cathode body and the anode body. The torch is operable between an idle mode wherein the conductive element provides an electrically conductive path between the cathode body and the anode body and a pilot mode wherein a pilot arc is formed between the conductive element and at least one of the cathode body and the anode body. The pilot arc is blown by working gas flowing through the torch toward an exit orifice of …
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- Filed February 26, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 26, 2022.
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