US365293A

US365293A - Soldering-tool

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Publication number: US365293A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-06-21
Anticipated expiration: 1904-06-21

Description

(No Model.)

H. BRASCH.

SOLDERING TOOL.

No. 365,293. Patented June21, 1887.

HENRY BRASOH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SOLDERING=TOOL.

SPECIPICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 365,293, dated June 21, 1887.

Application filed April 12, 1887.

,of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Soldering-Tools, of which the following-is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention has for its'objcct to provide a soldering-tool so coustru cted that the soldering-copper can be readily removed from the 'handle to be exchanged for another, for the purpose that a singlev handle will answer for differently shaped coppers, and in which the coppcr can be adjusted'to different angles and secured in the handle to be either rigid therewith or pivotal therein; and for that purpose my invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan View, and Fig. 2 a side elevation, of the tool complete; Fig. 3, a longi' tudinal section of the end of the graspingjaws of the handle with the copper held therein; Fig. 4, a side elevation, and Fig. 5 a plan, of the grasping'jaws of the handle with the cop-- per held pivotally therein; Fig. 6, a longitudinal section with the soldering-copper somewhat modified; and Fig. 7 is an inward face View ofa prong-head of the handle-shank.

Corresponding letters in the severalfignres of the drawings designate like parts.

A is the wooden handle, into which is secured the pointed end of shank B, that is bifurcated, forming two spring-prongs, b and b, drawn toward each other bya thumbscrew, 0, tapped through about the center of prong b, and pivotally secured with its shouldered point in prong b by a washer riveted upon its end.- Each prong b b has at its end a circular head, a, which heads are concaved on their opposing faces, jointly forming aballsocket for the globular-shaped head 11, formed on the end of the soldering-copper D, oppo- Scrial No. 234,542. (No model.)

site to the pointed or chiselshaped working end of the same. The annular edges around the concave of each head 0 are provided with five (more or less) segmental notches, e, engaging the neck f of the soldering-copper in such a manner that said copper can either be;

secured on a straight line with the handle, at right-angle position, or on an angle of fortyfive degrees with such handle, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. These notches e afford a more rigid hold for the copper by clamping after adjustment, and are also provided for the purpose of pivotally connecting the copper by contracting the jaws 0 just sufficiently upon head (I and neckf to allow pivotal movemento'f, the copper around its axis, as shown by Figs. 4 and 5, which is desirable when the tool is to be used around circular or cylindrical objects to accommodate itself to the varying tangential angles. The head of the soldering-copper may be made semi-globular as well, as shown in Figs. 1 and 6,and marked d. Asoldering-tool thus made will be complete for all sorts of work tinners and plumbers may have to do, the copper being readily exchangeable and adjustable to the desired angular position, to be either rigid with its handle or pivotaltherein.

What I claim is 1. A clamp for holding a soldering-copper, consisting of abifurcated shank having a compressing means and concaved ends with notched edges, as set forth.

2. A soldering-copper provided with a globular head, connected to it by a cylindrical neck, in combination with the handle and bifurcated shank arranged with a clampingscrew, and having concaved ends with notched edges, substantially as set forth, to operate as specified.

In'testimony whereof I affix my signature in