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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7159745 | Method of dispensing metered portions of molten lead A method of dispensing metered portions of molten lead comprises the steps of providing a heater body with a lead reservoir that produces sufficient heat to form molten lead and providing a lead dispensing shuttle plate with at least two lead metered cavities that a... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7040524 | Automated packaging apparatus and method of optical elements An automatic packaging method of optical elements includes a focusing platform set, a Z-axis feeder set and an automatic feeding set. The Z-axis feeder set is provided above the focusing platform set. An automatic feeding set is arranged on a horizontal plane betwee... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7017604 | Thermally insulating interfaces At least one of a valve body, a sealing tip and a vessel or conduit includes at least one space formed therein between an interior of the vessel or conduit and an internal cavity of the valve. The space includes an active or passive thermal insulation forming at lea... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6942138 | Fuel-based appliance with vocal function A fuel-based appliance is equipped with a vocal device. The fuel-based appliance includes a switch installed thereon. The vocal device is installed in the fuel-based appliance. The vocal device includes a circuit board, a chip installed on the circuit board, a speak... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6874671 | Soldering tool A soldering iron capable of eliminating static charges accumulated on an operator or materials to be soldered simply without using no particular charge elimination device, the soldering iron comprising a combustion catalyst for complete combustion of a gas mixture o... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6793115 | Hand tool with vocal function The vocal circuit for a hand tool includes a circuit board, a switch connected with the circuit board, and a chip and a speaker installed on the circuit board. The hand tool may be a gas-burning soldering device including a fuel reservoir, a soldering iron subject t... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6793114 | Soldering heater cartridge with replaceable tips and soldering iron for use therewith A soldering heater cartridge with replaceable tips and a soldering iron for use therewith is constructed of a tip heater cartridge with an elongated cartridge body that has a tubular body member, electrical connectors at a first end of the tubular body member for pl... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6786386 | Soldering iron with heat pipe A soldering iron comprises a tip end; a heater portion for electrically heating the tip end of the soldering iron; a holding portion provided at the rear end of the heater portion: a heat pipe structure provided in the holding portion; a first heat pipe holder for h... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6369359 | Self-feeding soldering device A self feeding soldering device includes a soldering device; a solder feed mechanism carried on the soldering device; and a solder system controller in controlling connection with the soldering device and the solder feed mechanism. The solder feed mechani... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6360940 | Method and apparatus for removing known good die Preferred embodiments for methods of removing an integrated circuit ("IC") from a substrate, where the IC is attached to the substrate by multiple solder connections are disclosed. One preferred embodiment of the inventive methods provides the steps of he... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6247631 | Electric soldering iron A soldering iron device has a gas passage formed by enclosing a soldering iron tip 3 of an electric soldering iron with double pipes 6 and 7 to make a nozzle. By providing projections A, B and C in the spacing between said double pipes, the double pipes a... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6039241 | Mechanism for removal of surface mount connectors using heat conduction through pins The inventive mechanism conducts heat through the leads of the connector to the solder connection points, and simultaneously reflows all of the solder on all of the pads. The inventive mechanism comprises a machined aluminum piece that mimics the mating g... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5580479 | High-frequency inductor heating tube for solder injectors The high-frequency inductor heating tube (1) for solder injectors is furnished as a hollow cylinder formed at one end as a cylindrical receiver tube. Windings of an inductor (2) are disposed over length of the cylindrical receiver tube. A solder injector ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5147081 | Flat pack desoldering tool A specialized desoldering iron utilizes a blade which takes the form of a quadrilateral enclosure having a pair of heating elements mounted to two opposite walls of the enclosure. The enclosure is shaped and dimensioned to fit over a quad flat pack integr... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5065932 | Solder placement nozzle with inert cover gas and inert gas bleed A nozzle assembly is shown for depositing solder onto a series of conductive surfaces such as the mounting pads of a surface mount integrated circuit board. The nozzle assembly includes a nozzle head which has an interior bore for receiving an elongate he... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5062564 | Rapid response soldering station A soldering tip is provided with a sensor to sense soldering tip temperature during a soldering cycle. The sensor is embedded in the soldering tip and positioned immediately adjacent to the tip's working surface. The sensor location provides rapid respons... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5048180 | Method of bonding a semiconductor device with a substrate An improved tape automated bonding is disclosed. A heater head employs a heat conducting member and a bonding tip member. The heat conducting member formed of a material, such as molybdenum or tungsten, has a U-shaped contour which comprises a pair of hal... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5042708 | Solder placement nozzle assembly A nozzle assembly is shown for depositing solder onto a series of conductive surfaces such as the mounting pads of a surface mount integrated circuit board. The nozzle assembly includes an upper nozzle mount and a removeable nozzle head which has an inter... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5019688 | Auxiliary soldering device for electric solder iron An auxiliary soldering device for electric solder iron includes a sleeve member fitted to a handle of the iron, a connecting seat disposed on the sleeve member, a first guide pipe located adjacent to a rear end of a connecting seat and a second guide pipe... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4936501 | Soldering device A soldering device has a container for accommodating solder bodies, a soldering head, a tubular guide for guiding the solder bodies to the soldering head, and a slider formed to take the solder bodies from the container and transfer them into the tubular ... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4926028 | Hot air heated soldering instrument A desoldering system utilizes a hot air soldering instrument which includes a hollow elongated cylindrical heating element capable of generating a high temperature. The cold input air is forced to move about the outer surface of the heating element. It is... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4805830 | Method for soldering arrayed terminals and an automatic soldering device A method and device for automatic soldering multiple intermittently arranged terminals a bridging phenomenon from occurring between the soldered terminals by sliding, virtually horizontally, the iron tip of the soldering iron, which is held upon the array... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4793541 | Soldering gun having finger actuated feed unit apparatus A soldering gun has a finger actuated rotary solder feed unit and a solder cartridge releasably coupled to the gun. A solder guide tube extends forwardly parallel to the cylinder and guides the solder into engagement with the heated tip. The guide tube is... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4699308 | Method and apparatus for working solder A soldering tip has a sleeve (10) with an insert (14) therein, both formed of good heat conducting material. An annular passage between the sleeve (10) and the insert (14) enables travel of solder therein by capilliary action when heat is applied to the t... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4648545 | Soldering iron A soldering iron is provided of a type in which the solder is fed through the interior of the soldering iron to the tip, which is heated by a heating element in the soldering iron. In order to prevent the solder from melting before it reaches the tip, as ... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4614295 | Soldering iron and soldering apparatus The soldering apparatus of the invention includes a soldering wire feeding mechanism for feeding soldering wire from a storage spool. The soldering wire feeding mechanism includes a motor which drives a feeding wheel for engaging and transporting the sold... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4602144 | Temperature controlled solder extractor electrically heated tip assembly An improved solder extractor has a tip temperature sensor coaxially disposed about the hollow tubular tip forward of the electric heat generating assembly into the which the tip is inserted and thermally insulated therefrom. The tip is held within the hea... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4546560 | Seam presser A seam presser including an elongate handle housing circuitry for switching electrical power to a heating element. The heating element conducts heat to a small sole plate which is connected to the handle end by a support means. The sole plate is no wider ... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4521673 | Attachment for supplying a filler wire to an electric soldering iron of the pen type An attachment for supplying a filler wire to an electric soldering iron of the pen type includes an independent support butt having an upper housing provided with a V-shaped groove defined by two lateral faces of a dihedron. The cylindrical body portion o... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4495403 | Directly-heated electrical resistance unsoldering tip for simultaneous liquefying and removing solder from a joint An unsoldering tip for an electrical apparatus for unsoldering of soldering joints and for removing the solder consists of an electrical resistance wire being designed for being connected to an electrical voltage source at its both ends and becoming heate... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4434925 | Strip solder feeding and re-winding device A motorized strip solder feeding device including a spool of strip solder which may be mounted on a soldering iron for selectively feeding strip solder to the heated tip. When the strip solder on the spool is depleted, the spool may be mechanically connec... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4435636 | Desoldering tool A suction desoldering tool has an elongate handle, an elongate housing defining a bore therethrough and extending co-axially from one end of the handle solder, a collecting chamber in the handle, and a tubular heating bit holder. The holder is mounted in ... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4330075 | Soldering tool with feeder mechanism A soldering tool having a handle, a heating element, and a feeder mechanism for feeding wire or strip soldering metal through a passage in the handle arranged as a unit in an attachment piece let into the handle and comprises a manually operated member wh... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4289953 | Electrically heated solder extractor A solder extractor includes a tubular heater and removable tip carrying front unit having a rear cowl of heat insulating material and a relatively oblique rear unit including a tubular handle of heat insulated material and having a front portion with long... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4268739 | Automated wiring apparatus A wire stringing apparatus interconnects terminals of electronic components mounted upon a circuit board. A wire stringing head, which is transported on an x-y mechanism driven by a controller, wraps an insulated wire about terminals and guide pins mounte... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4206864 | Electrically heated high speed de-soldering tool A hand-held, trigger-actuated gun heats solder to be removed from a workpiece and sucks the molten solder from a hollow tip through a small-diameter suction tube into a larger-diameter chamber from which it may be removed at intervals through a discharge ... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4023724 | Soler removing bit A solder removing bit for use in melting solder by heat of the bit and for removing the solder by suction includes an elongated bit body having an inclined front surface. A suction bore extends the length of the body from a suction pipe opening at the rea... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3990622 | Apparatus for soldering Soldering method and apparatus comprising a soldering device having a hand grip portion and an electrically heated soldering element extending from said hand grip portion and terminating in a soldering tip, a housing structure adapted to be supported in a... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3963897 | Electrically heated solder removing bit A solder removing bit for use in melting solder by heat of the bit and for removing the solder by suction includes an elongated suction pipe having a suction bore extending therethrough with the pipe having an open end serving as an inlet to the bore. A t... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3945553 | Solder iron tips A soldering iron and tip therefor in which the tip has a bore along its longitudinal axis with a transverse vent opening through the tip connecting with the bore to increase the capillary action of drawing solder up into the bore. An arrangement is also p... | 03/23/1976 |