Patent ID: 8302837

Claim:
A solder feeder comprising: a housing member having a proximal end and a distal end, a tab, having a pivot therein, depending externally from said housing member and said tab cooperatively straddling an opening in a wall near said proximal end of said housing member; a guide member having a slot in a wall therein disposed opposite to and in cooperative alignment therewith the opening in said wall of said housing member and with said tab; said guide member disposed on an interior wall linearly extending from said distal end to said proximal end of said housing member completely enclosed therein and curvilinearly exiting from said proximal end of said housing member; and a trigger having in combination a short portion with a long portion formed as a single piece; said short portion disposed 90 degrees from said long portion; said trigger slideably attached to the pivot in said tab and cooperating with an elongated hole vertically oriented therein said short portion; said short portion having a plurality of teeth formed on a flat edge thereof; said short portion extending through the opening in said wall in said housing and through the slot in said guide tube; and said long portion extending externally substantially parallel to both said housing member and to said guide member wherein said trigger allows for mechanically advancing and for retracting solder using a single moving part.