Patent ID: 6874498

Claim:
A gas powered soldering tool ( 1 ) comprising a handle ( 2 ), a soldering tip tool ( 18 ) having a soldering tip portion ( 36 ) extending at one end thereof and an elongated spigot ( 40 ) extending at the opposite end thereof, an elongated tubular carrier member ( 15 ) extending from the handle ( 2 ) for carrying the soldering tip tool ( 18 ) at a distal end ( 19 ) thereof, the carrier member ( 15 ) having an elongated bore ( 20 ) extending therethrough defining a main central axis ( 21 ), and forming an elongated combustion chamber ( 22 ) towards the distal end ( 19 ) thereof, a gas catalytic combustion heating element ( 23 ) for converting gas to heat for heating the soldering tip tool ( 18 ), the catalytic combustion element ( 23 ) having a longitudinally extending bore ( 25 ) defining a central bore axis, and being located in the combustion chamber ( 22 ) with the central bore axis extending parallel to the main central axis ( 21 ), a receiving means ( 30 ) located at the distal end ( 19 ) of the carrier member ( 15 ) for receiving and securing the soldering tip tool ( 18 ) to the carrier member ( 15 ) with the spigot ( 40 ) of the soldering tip tool ( 18 ) extending into the bore ( 25 ) of the catalytic combustion element ( 23 ) for transferring heat from the catalytic combustion element ( 23 ) to the soldering tip portion ( 36 ), and a fuel gas supply means ( 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ) located in the handle ( 2 ) for supplying fuel gas to the combustion chamber ( 22 ) through the carrier member ( 15 ), wherein the receiving means ( 30 ) is a releasable receiving means ( 30 ) for releasably receiving and securing the soldering tip tool ( 18 ) in the carrier member ( 15 ).