while the presently disclosed inventive concept ( s ) is susceptible of various modifications and alternative constructions , certain illustrated embodiments thereof have been shown in the drawings and will be described below in detail . it should be understood , however , that there is no intention to limit the inventive concept ( s ) to the specific form disclosed , but , on the contrary , the presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept ( s ) is to cover all modifications , alternative constructions , and equivalents falling within the spirit and scope of the inventive concept ( s ) as defined in the claims . fig3 discloses a modified prior art oxyacetylene cutting torch 1 of the same type disclosed in fig1 , which would be coupled to at least two gas cylinders , one containing acetylene , and the other oxygen by gas lines attached to couplers 7 and 8 . torch handle 2 is provided as a secure place for the operators hands when using the cutting torch 1 . the torch handle may include one or more gas flow adjustment , typically needle , valves 3 to regulate the amount of oxygen and acetylene flowing through gas lines 4 to the torch tip 6 . one gas line 4 supplies acetylene to the cutting torch tip 6 , and the other two gas lines 4 are used to supply oxygen to torch tip 6 . one of the two oxygen gas lines is used in conjunction with the acetylene to sustain a continuous burn of oxyacetylene , in a similar fashion to a conventional welding torch . the second oxygen gas line is controlled by an oxygen blast trigger 5 to inject higher volumes of oxygen to the work piece being cut . the oxyacetylene flame is adjusted by adjusting the amount of oxygen that mixes with the acetylene after being ejected from torch tip 6 . usually the person operating the cutting torch will add oxygen by opening the oxygen needle adjustment valve until the operator sees only two flame zones in the flame , with a light blue inner cone and a darker blue to colorless outer cone . the inner cone is where the acetylene and the oxygen combine , and the tip of this inner cone is the hottest part of the flame at approximately 6 , 000 ° f . ( 3 , 300 ° c .) and provides enough heat to easily melt steel . however , the actual torch tip 6 does not get nearly that hot . combustion of the acetylene does not occur in or on the tip , but at some finite distance away from the tip and the gas flow is also away from the end of the tip . in actual experimental measurements it has been found that the torch tip temperature is less than 200 ° f . within a few seconds of the cutting torch being shut off , and in relatively cool ambient outdoor temperature conditions the torch tip will cool to approximately 85 ° f . in about 90 seconds . fig2 discloses my new design for my new torch tip protector cover 10 , which is a single , unitary molded piece of a suitable elastomeric rubber compound with a defined interior cavity 12 culminating at tip 14 that is sized to conform to the particular size and shape of torch tip 6 and to elastically or elastomerically stay in frictional engagement with torch tip 6 when installed . there are a number of resilient rubber and rubber like compounds which have useful temperature ranges that are suitable for the temperature ranges incurred by a cutting torch tip cover . one such compound is aeromarine 128 silicone moldmaking rubber produced and sold by aeromarine products , inc of san diego , calif ., which has a useful temperature range of − 50 ° f . to + 325 ° f . another silicone mold making rubber is high strength 3 silicone mold making rubber produced and marketed by alumilite , inc . of kalamazoo , mich ., which has a suitable useable temperature range of − 67 ° f . to + 395 ° f . and is highly flexible , and can be dyed distinctive colors . as shown in fig3 , a protective tip cover holder 16 is attached to the cutting torch by means of bracket 18 . in the preferred embodiment , protective tip cover holder 16 conforms in size and shape to match torch tip 6 so as to frictionally or elastically hold in engagement protective cover 10 . while this is the preferred design , all that is required is that the holder 10 be sized and shaped to elastically hold the protective cover 10 up and away from the cutting end of the torch . the welder can pull the torch tip protective cover 10 off the torch tip 6 with one hand , and either stuff the protective cover 10 in a pocket , or optionally , push it down onto protective tip cover holder 16 , where it remains frictionally engaged . when protective tip cover holder 16 is installed on the cutting torch , it positions the protective cover 10 above the cutting torch , and holds the protective cover 10 firmly in place in a convenient and safe location where the welder can easily retrieve protective cover 10 and reinstall it on torch tip 6 . while certain preferred embodiments are shown in the figures and described in this disclosure , it is to be distinctly understood that the presently disclosed inventive concept ( s ) is not limited thereto but may be variously embodied to practice within the scope of the following claims . from the foregoing description , it will be apparent that various changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure as defined by the following claims .