James Michael Hogan

US Patent:

39661091, Jun 29, 1976

Filed:

May 2, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/573874

Inventors:

James Edward Hogan - South Hadley MA

International Classification:

B23K 306

US Classification:

228 52

Abstract:

A feeding device for solder in string form is equipped to advance a measured length of that string, when a finger clamp is actuated by a hand pulled two-arm lever. The finger clamp is pivoted and spring loaded on the free end of this lever; it clamps the solder string against a fixed lug of the hand lever, while the string is being pushed through a protective tube toward a soldering spot by a lever stroke. The stroke is halted by a stop. When the lever is released by hand, a return spring pulls the free lever end back toward a reel of rolled-up string. Meanwhile a finger of the finger clamp is sliding back along the string without gripping it, as the backward stroke of the hand lever takes the finger lock out of contact with the string. The Soldering Aid enables the solderer to use his free hand to pull in and hold wires in a compact electronic device. Without this aid, the same hand would be busy to feed solder at the risk of heating and damaging capacitors, thin plastic insulation or frame walls.

US Patent:

D4266560, Jun 13, 2000

Filed:

Jan 14, 1998

Appl. No.:

D/082077

Inventors:

James E. Hogan - Chicopee MA

International Classification:

2601

US Classification:

D26 16