Method and Apparatus for Fixing a Soldering Tip to a Soldering Tool
AssigneeApex Brands, Inc.
InventorsGert Mittmann, Ralf Zerweck
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Abstract
A soldering tool may include a power unit including a controller, a tool body configured to interface with the power unit, and a tip portion operably coupled to the tool body. The tip portion may include a tip that is heated to melt solder by a heating element controlled by the controller. The tip is operably coupled to the heating element via a braze joint. The heating element may be operable at a first temperature range for melting the solder and a second temperature range, higher than the first temperature range, to facilitate forming or braking the braze joint.
Claims20
A soldering tool comprising:
- a power unit comprising a controller;
- a tool body configured to interface with the power unit;
- and
- a tip portion operably coupled to the tool body and including a tip that is heated to melt solder by a heating element under control of the controller,
- wherein the tip is operably coupled to the heating element via a braze joint, and
- wherein the heating element is operable at a first temperature range for melting the solder and a second temperature range, higher than the first temperature range, to facilitate forming or braking the braze joint.
A method of installing a tip at a tip portion of a soldering tool, the method comprising:
- operating a heating element of the soldering tool, the heating element being configured to melt solder at a first temperature range, at a second temperature range that is higher than the first temperature range;
- providing a brazing filler material in a receiving cavity of the tip;
- and
- inserting a distal end of the heating element into the receiving cavity to melt the brazing filler material into a space defined between the heating element and the receiving cavity to form a braze joint between the heating element and the tip,
- wherein the brazing filler material has a melting point above the first temperature range and below the second temperature range.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.