Patent ID: 7731074

Claim:
A portable, self-contained soldering system comprising: a soldering iron having a handle and a tip; a gas canister; a bucket having a bottom, a rim and a side wall connecting the rim to the bottom, the side wall having a seating opening configured to enable passage of a least a portion of the gas canister; a caddy collar partially covering and disposed over the rim of the bucket and having a top plate and a channel descending from the top plate defining a handle recess dimensioned to seat the handle of the soldering iron; a cradle plate attached to the caddy collar and having a slot positioned to removably secure the tip of the soldering iron; a torch having a gas receiving end, opposing flame end and a torch adjustment valve along a gas flow path between the gas receiving end and flame end; a torch upper plate attached to the caddy collar, having a torch opening through which the flame end of the torch is disposed so as to position the torch such that the flame end is proximate to the soldering iron when the soldering iron is secured by the cradle plate and the handle recess; a torch lower plate attached to the caddy collar and having a connection opening through which the gas receiving end of the torch is disposed, the gas receiving end of the torch being connected to the gas canister, the gas canister being disposed through the seating opening of the bucket, the torch upper plate and the torch lower plate attaching the torch to the caddy collar; and the side wall of the bucket having an access opening allowing manual access to the torch adjustment valve.