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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8026461 | Clamping tool, particularly soldering pliers, with a compensation system Clamping means which may be used with soldering pliers, having a first element (18) and a second element (20) relatively displaceable by the action of a screw (10) that can be rotated about an axis (XX) by the action of a motor (M); a nut (12... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7269892 | Electric part handling device A tweezer-type hand-held device for installing and removing an electric part on and from a substrate. The device is provided with a pair of legs biased to close such that the part is held between the legs by the biasing force when the part is installed on the substr... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7156278 | Auxiliary soldering tool An auxiliary soldering tool includes a first jaw plate having a first holding portion and a first holding portion, a second jaw plate having a second holding portion and a second holding portion, and two elastic press plates each respectively rested on the first hol... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7040526 | Electronic parts assembling and testing method, and electronic circuit baseboard manufactured by the method A method for assembling and testing an electronic circuit baseboard includes at least a step of soldering at least one electronic part to an electronic circuit baseboard using Pb excluded solder. One of erroneous wiring, erroneous mounting, malfunction, and defectiv... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6972396 | Electric part heating device and electric part handling device Disclosed is a heating device having a elongated body to heat an electric part for soldering or desoldering the electric part. The heating device includes a tip through which the heat is applied to the part, a heater for heating the tip and a temperature sensor for ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6797924 | Cordless soldering iron and electrical continuity testing device The present invention provides a soldering iron with a graphite tip having two separate halves that are electrically isolated from one another. The tip halves are each electrically connected to the opposite sides of an electrical power source. When both halves of th... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6750431 | Electric component removing device A tweezer-type hand-held device for removing an electric or electronic component from a substrate is provided with a pair of contact pieces to be brought into contact with the component to grasp and heat the component and melt solder which fixes the component on the... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6288365 | Soldering assembly A solder assembly 10 which is selectively and operably connectable to a controller 12 and which has several "guns" 74, 76 which each allow for the selective creation of a several circuits, thereby allowing for the creation of substantial even solder conne... | 09/11/2001 |
| 5636302 | Injection chamber for high power optical fiber transmission The instant invention is directed in general to optical systems in which a laser beam is injected into the end of an optical fiber and, more specifically, to laser materials processing systems in which a high power laser beam is injected into the fiber in... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5440091 | Sheet metal working electrode and handpiece A sheet metal working electrode handpiece is described for delivering electric current from a source of electrical energy to a selected location on a sheet metal workpiece. The electrode has an electrically insulated handle with an electrical conductor ha... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5257555 | Thermal wire stripper having a static discharge circuit A hand-held thermal wire stripper has two arms arranged in a pincer-like configuration, whereby the arms diverge at one end and converge at the other end. The divergent ends of the arms are exposed and a heatable blade is positioned on each divergent end ... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5247157 | Apparatus for developing heat within conductive materials using heat-resistant ribbon heaters An apparatus for electrically heating an electrically conductive workpiece by passage of electric current therethrough includes a pair of hinged levers, each having a handle end and a jaw end. The jaw end of each lever is provided with a refractory metal ... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5124520 | Method and apparatus for developing heat within conductive materials An electrically conductive work-piece is rapidly heated by establishing a current flow in the work-piece that is the highest it can be without damaging circuit components. Such components include at least a transformer having a high-voltage, low-current p... | 06/23/1992 |
| 4962294 | Method and apparatus for causing an open circuit in a conductive line A method for causing an open circuit in an electrical conductor is provided, including the steps of: conducting a direct current through the conductor; and applying heat at a selected location on the conductor whereat it is desired to cause the open circu... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4936842 | Electrosurgical probe apparatus A disposable bipolar electrosurgical probe which can be readily applied to the tissue to be treated, then discarded. The probe comprises an elongated substrate member having a peripheral surface of dielectric material and a longitudinal axis extending bet... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4878493 | Hand-held diathermy apparatus A hand-held or portable diathermy apparatus is disclosed comprising a housing, a battery power supply preferably within the housing, and at least one electrode carried by the housing. The apparatus includes a radio frequency power generator for generating... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4824366 | Method and apparatus for removal of objects glued onto dental enamel, in particular brackets A control of the adhesive layer is to be achieved with a process and a device for removal of brackets or other metallic dental objects serving for orthodontic treatment which have been glued onto dental enamel wherein the layer of glue between the bracket... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823791 | Electrosurgical probe apparatus A disposable bipolar electrosurgical probe which can be readily applied to the tissue to be treated, then discarded. The probe comprises an elongated substrate member having a peripheral surface of dielectric material and a longitudinal axis extending bet... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4732149 | Bipolar medical coagulation instrument The legs of a forceps constitute two coagulation electrodes each of which has a jaw at one end and a terminal at the other end. The two terminals are electrically insulated from each other and constitute a projection having a spherical or frustoconical po... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4714820 | Electrically heated curling wrapper An electrically heatable hair wrapper capable of being cut to any predetermined length from a flat, elongated, flexible base carrying a plurality of parallel resistance heating circuits. The circuits extend along the length of the base in a periodic serpe... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4711239 | Electrosurgical instrument An electrosurgical instrument of the invention comprises a body (3) and, arranged coaxially, a passive electrode (2) and an active electrode (1), of which the outer electrode is associated with the body (3) and the central electrode is traversable with re... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4685459 | Device for bipolar high-frequency coagulation of biological tissue A device for bipolar high-frequency coagulation of biological tissue between two contact faces of a coagulating instrument. The two contact faces are connected to an output of a high-frequency generator. A temperature sensor is arranged near each of the t... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4681105 | Microsurgical tool A microsurgical pincette consists of two metallic arm members and a metallic connection member, rigidly fixing the two arm members one to each other at an end region of the arm members. To ensure an electric insulation between the two arm members, a part ... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4656336 | Electric work-in-circuit metal-bonding heating tool An electrical work-in-circuit heating tool for metal bonding especially in cramped locations where flame heating and tong-style tools are not usable. The tool comprises a hinged pair of spring-loaded arms having electrically insulating open-ended handles ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4593691 | Electrosurgery electrode An improved electrosurgery electrode is disclosed for cooperation with an electrode holder connected to a source of electrical power. The improved electrode comprises a solid electrode shaft having a first and a second end with a shaft connector electrica... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4582973 | Apparatus for stitch-welding continuous insulated wire The invention relates to a hand-held welding device capable of diffusion bonding or welding to compatible metal surfaces a variety of materials including wire, metal strips, component leads, and other suitable metallic objects. The device is formed with a... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4577083 | Soldering technique A solder application method and apparatus in which the solder element to be melted onto members to be electrically interconnected is the resistive heating element part of the solder heating circuit. A probe is provided for engagement with conductive metal... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4559437 | Air assisted hand held welding tool An air assisted hand welding tool for clamping and welding conductors together. The tool includes a handle formed of pivotally connected lever-like members. An air passage is connected to an air pressure source provided in the handle of the hand tool. A v... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4553021 | Pincer-gun for electrically heating metal hinges of thermoplastic eyeglass frames A manually operated pincer-gun utilizing electric current for heating metal hinges of a thermoplastic eyeglass frame during a repair operation includes a pair of electrically insulative hand grips, each operatively connected to an arm having an electrical... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4548207 | Disposable coagulator A disposable coagulator for the bipolar coagulation of blood vessels and/or tissue is disclosed. The disposable coagulator comprises a light-weight, electrically insulating housing, a coaxial probe defining an inner and outer electrode and having a bevele... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4517975 | Electrosurgical electrode for matrisectomy A novel electrosurgical electrode tip with a spade-shaped end having one flat side coated with an insulating coating, especially adapted for a nail matrisectomy procedure.... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4504723 | Renewable brazing electrodes In apparatus for repairing printed circuit lines or attaching electrical components, a pair of brazing electrodes and holder therefor in which the electrodes can be repetitively extended to compensate for wear without necessity of removal and machining he... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4441013 | Dental instrument heater A dental instrument heater having a pair of contact blades connected to a battery. The contact blades have notches formed along their respective edges, and they are mounted in parallel, spaced-apart relationship to each other. Consequently, a dental instr... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4367397 | Electric work-in-circuit metal-bonding tongs An electric work-in-circuit tool has a pair of fiber-reinforced plastic arms connected in tong fashion and limitedly opened by a spring. The free end of each arm has an integral flange apertured to receive bolts for assembling with, and attaching to the a... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4150623 | Method and apparatus for correcting printing plates A method and apparatus for adding ink receptive areas to or removing ink receptive areas from printing plates in which a consumable stylus, such as a graphite pencil "lead," or a non-consumable stylus, such as a copper wire, is brought into contact with ... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4137919 | Electromedical clip structure The base of a clip or forceps for application of high-frequency electricity for coagulation of living tissues provides mechanical securing of the electrodes to each other by means of a dovetail tongue and groove engagement with an intervening insulation l... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4076028 | Forceps spacing device An electrosurgical forceps comprising two blades which are electrically connected to an electrosurgical frequency generator so that electrosurgical radio frequencies can be transmitted from the generator to the blades. The blades are separated by a spacer... | 02/28/1978 |
| 4074718 | Electrosurgical instrument An electrosurgical instrument comprising a support member; at least one electrode mounted on the support, the electrode consisting essentially of a material having a figure of merit of at least 0.15 at room temperature where the figure of merit is the pro... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4044590 | Dented article smoothing and shrinking arrangement A smoothing and shrinking arrangement for dented articles such as plates or the like, which arrangement includes an electrode connected to one pole of a voltage source, the other pole of which is connected to the plate being worked. A shielding element su... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4034762 | Vas cautery apparatus This vas cautery apparatus includes a bipolar needle electrode, a pencil hand control, and a cautery electronic circuit. The bipolar needle electrode comprises a unitary center conductor and tip and the center conductor may be effectively insulated from a... | 07/12/1977 |
