Patent ID: 6550669
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: B23K

Abstract:
A soldering/desoldering and pickup device for replacing miniature components soldered to a printed circuit board comprising:a nozzle with an entrance through which heated gas enters and a second end, wherein the second end is shaped to vent and focus the heated gas onto the component and the component's soldered connections, a syringe needle wherein the hollow center is connected to a vacuum source at a distal end, and where the proximate end terminates with the hollow center opening arranged to intimately contact the component to be wherein the vacuum operates to secure the component to be replaced to the proximate end of the syringe needle, and means for removing the syringe needle with respect to the board and with respect to the heating nozzle, and a tube co-axialy encompassing the syringe needle, but where the tube is encompassed by the nozzle, wherein the tube and the shape of the nozzle adjacent to the second end of the nozzle are arranged to focus the heated gas onto the component to be repaired, and a Luer lock hub that joins the syringed needle to the tube that allows the needle to be replaced and that longitudinally aligns the needle and the tube.