SOLDERING MATERIALS DISPENSING APPARATUS

• US 3,815,843 A
• Filed: 01/02/1973
• Issued: 06/11/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 01/02/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: William S. Fortune
• Original Assignee: William S. Fortune
• Inventors: Fortune, William S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Christian, Leonard D.
• Application Number:
  US05/319,990
• Time in Patent Office: 525 Days
• Field of Search: 242/137.1,129,96,54R,134,136
• US Class Current: 242/588.1
• CPC Class Codes: B23K 3/063 for wire feeding
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2407/40 Means for adding commercial value, e.g. sound producing or logos
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 75/16 Cans or receptacles, e.g. sliver cans
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 242/912 Indicator or alarm

Abstract

A molded, hand held dispenser for solder or other strand materials. The apparatus carries a plurality of replaceable, bobbin spools in a bobbin case body portion. A dispensing extension formed integrally therewith is provided with internal, strand guide means for dispensing the soldering materials through a snout portion of the extension. A molded cover plate for the dispensing extension portion is provided and includes retaining clip means for securing the ends of the strand materials when not in use. Similarly, a molded cover for the bobbin case portion is provided having an integral spindle for the bobbin spools.

Claims

1. Wire solder dispenser combination comprising:

a molded body including a spool retainer portion and a dispensing guide extension portion, said spool retainer portion being of the character to contain at least one supply bobbin spool of a relatively thin torroidal configuration and including means for retaining said spool with a degree of rotational freedom about a predetermined axis, and further including frictional, spindle socket means disposed contiguously about said predetermined axis, said dispensing guide extension portion being molded integrally with said spool retainer portion with the internal portions thereof being in wire passing communication with each other and being formed to provide a substantially rigid wire guide portion extending away from said spool retainer portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to said spool axis and having a tip end portion through which said wire solder may be pulled from said at least one supply bobbin spool;

a molded spool retainer portion cover member having a bobbin spindle portion of the character to be frictionally, removably retained by said spindle socket means, said cover member and its spindle portion defining, in cooperation with said spool retainer portion of said body, a substantially enclosed space for said at least one supply bobbin spool; and

a molded extension portion cover member of the character to be frictionally retained by said dispensing guide extension portion of said body defining in cooperation therewith a substantially enclosed space for guiding said wire solder material.

2. The invention according to claim 1 which includes bend resilient, pocket-belt clip means having a base end and in which said molded body further includes clip retaining socket means for connecting with said base end of said clip means to form cooperatively with said body a resilient clip for grasping the belt or pocket edge of the user.

3. The invention according to claim 1 in which at least one of said body and said spool retainer portion cover member is formed to include gage window means of the character and disposed to indicate the amount of wire solder material remaining on at least one of said at least one supply spool.

4. The invention according to claim 1 in which said guide portion cover member is formed to include wire end clip means for frictionally retaining the end of said wire solder materials.