Soldering tip fastening device
AssigneeApex Brands, Inc.
InventorsBernd Niedermayer, Ralf Zerweck
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Abstract
A soldering tip fastening device includes a soldering device fastener configured for fastening the soldering tip fastening device on a soldering device, and a soldering tip fastener configured to fasten a soldering tip on a soldering device when the soldering tip fastening device is fastened to the soldering device. The soldering tip fastener and the soldering device fastener are associated with opposite ends of the soldering tip fastening device. The soldering tip fastening device has a sleeve with an elastic element, the sleeve being configured such that the elastic element is tensioned during the fastening of the soldering tip on the soldering device by the soldering tip fastening device.
Claims18
A soldering tip fastening device for releasable attachment to a soldering device, the soldering device having a heating element, the soldering tip fastening device comprising:
- a soldering device fastener configured to fasten the soldering tip fastening device on the soldering device;
- a soldering tip fastener comprising a sleeve and an elastic element;
- the soldering tip fastener configured to releasably fasten a soldering tip on the soldering device by sliding the sleeve longitudinally over both the heating element and the soldering tip, and tightening the soldering device fastener on the soldering device;
- wherein the soldering tip fastener and the soldering device fastener form opposite ends of the soldering tip fastening device, and wherein the soldering device fastener and the sleeve are longitudinally collinear;
- wherein the sleeve and the soldering device fastener are interconnected by the elastic element with the elastic element interposed between and longitudinally separating all of the sleeve from all of the soldering device fastener, the sleeve being configured such that the elastic element is tensioned during the fastening of the soldering tip on the soldering device by the soldering tip fastening device;
- wherein the sleeve is configured to releasably abut the soldering tip to press the soldering tip longitudinally toward the soldering device with the soldering tip releasably held by the sleeve in a fixed position relative to the sleeve and the sleeve peripherally surrounding the heating element of the soldering device.
A soldering device, comprising:
- an axially extending heating element;
- a soldering tip fastening device configured to releasably attached to the soldering device;
- the soldering tip fastening device comprising:
- a soldering device fastener configured to fasten the soldering tip fastening device on the soldering device;
- a soldering tip fastener comprising a sleeve and an elastic element;
- the soldering tip fastener configured to releasably fasten a soldering tip on the soldering device by sliding the sleeve longitudinally over both the heating element and the soldering tip, and tightening the soldering device fastener on the soldering device;
- wherein the soldering tip fastener and the soldering device fastener form opposite ends of the soldering tip fastening device;
- wherein the sleeve and the soldering device fastener are interconnected by the elastic element with the elastic element interposed between and longitudinally separating all of the sleeve from all of the soldering device fastener;
- the sleeve being configured such that the elastic element is tensioned during the fastening of the soldering tip on the soldering device by the soldering tip fastening device;
- wherein the sleeve is configured to releasably abut the soldering tip to press the soldering tip longitudinally toward the soldering device with the soldering tip releasably held by the sleeve in a fixed position relative to the sleeve and the sleeve peripherally surrounding the heating element of the soldering device, with the heating element and the soldering tip being longitudinally collinear.
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