Improvements in or relating to Soldering Irons.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 14th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 29th Sept., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Soldering Irons.
I, REINHARD ISIDOR ROMAN, of 110, Cannon Street, in the City and County
of London, Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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My invention relates to an improved construction of soldering iron, and it
consists essentially of a soldering iron, combined with a heating apparatus which
may either take the form of an air and gas blast, or of a Bunsen lamp or burner,
the object being to dispense with the usual blow pipe or heating hearth.
In carrying my invention into practice, I take a length of tube having a suitable
handle at one end and shaped and formed at the other end to carry a soldering
iron of any desired shape and of any desired metal to suit the work to be soldered,
the orifice of the tube forming the burner being arranged so that the flame
impinges on the soldering iron to heat it. At the other end of the tube carrying
the handle is a double nozzle for the gas and air supply, and at any convenient
part of the tube are one or two hooks for hanging up or suspending the tool.
For use where an air blast is not available the tube is fitted with a Bunsen
burner, the tube being fitted with a single nozzle for the introduction of the gas,
suitable air holes being made in the tube.
Dated this 14th day of October 1893
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
0, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Soldering Irons.
I, REINHARD ISIDOR ROMAN, of 110 Cannon Street, in the City and County
of London, Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to an improved construction of soldering tool and it
consists essentially of a soldering iron combined with a heating apparatus which
may either take the form of an air and gas blast, or of a Bunsen burner, the object
being to dispense with the usual blow pipe or heating hearth.
In the accompanying drawing which shows some methods of carrying my
invention into practical effect:
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Figure 1 is a view in sectional elevation of one form of my invention, and
Figure 2 is a broken view in plan of the jaw carrying the soldering iron.
Figure 3 is a view in sectional elevation of another form my invention may
assume, and
Figure 4 is a view in plan of the jaw carrying the soldering iron.
Figure 5 is a broken view in section showing a further modification of the jaw
for holding the soldering iron.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
My improved soldering tool consists of a tube A having a suitable handle B
mounted near one end, and a jaw C at the other end adapted to carry the soldering
D
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page_text: iron D. The jaw C may be set at any desired angle with respect to the tube A as
shown by Figures 1 and 3 or in a line therewith as shown by Figure 5. The
soldering iron D may be of any desired shape and it may either be simply gripped
in the jaw C as shown by Figures 1 and 2 or nipped therein by means of a set
screw as shown by Figures 3 and 5. One or more hooks a are preferably
attached to or formed on the tube A or jaw C to provide for hanging up or
suspending the tool.
If the tool is to be used with an air blast a compound nozzle E for the gas and
air tubes is fixed to the end of the tube A. in close proximity to the handle B, as
shown by Figure 1.
For use where an air blast is not available the lower end of the tube A. is fitted
up or constructed as a Bunsen burner as shown by Figure 3 the free end of the
tube A forming a nozzle E for the attachment of the gas tube. By opening and
closing the hole or holes a¹ in the tube A forming part of the Bunsen burner the
amount of air admitted can be regulated as desired.
It will be seen that this tool is so constructed that the flame impinges on the
iron D in such a manner that it heats it evenly and regularly and thus allows
either end of the iron to be used.
The soldering iron D may be made of any suitable metal.
My improved soldering tool has the following advantages:-First. The use of a
coal fire on the bench is avoided. Secondly. Saving of time as the soldering iron
maintains the required temperature, and Thirdly. As the soldering iron is detachable
the same tool can be used for all sorts of work by simply changing the iron and
substituting another of the size, shape and metal required.
1 wish it to be particularly understood that I do not limit myself to the precise
details of construction herein before described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawing, but that I hold myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as
fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improved soldering tool, substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated by the accompanying drawing.
2. In a soldering tool the combination of the pipe A, of the handle B, of the
jaw C, of the soldering iron D, and of the compound nozzle E, as and for the
purpose set forth.
3. In a soldering tool, the combination of the pipe A constructed as a Bunsen
burner, of the handle B, of the jaw C, of the soldering iron D, and of the nozzle E,
as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 14th day of Awon 1001
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.